Caleb Chen is a digital currency and privacy advocate who believes we must #KeepOurNetFree, preferably through decentralization. Caleb holds a Master's in Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia as well as a Bachelor's from the University of Virginia. He feels that the world is moving towards a better tomorrow, bit by bit by Bitcoin.
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill titled the Protect Our Civil Liberties Act (H.R. 8970). If passed, the Act would repeal the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ1qcj7cVoE Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of December 18th, 2020 WhatsApp calls Apple’s new privacy nutrition labels for iOS 14 anti-competitive Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger has taken a public stance…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the Baltimore Police Department (BDP) to end the use of spy planes for an invasive aerial surveillance campaign that has…
The preliminary feedback from initial reviewers of Amazon’s wearable Halo band is in: namely that the Amazon Halo band is “the most invasive tech we’ve ever tested.” How invasive could…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i40Oe1wIiNk Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of December 11th, 2020 The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information The Director of National Intelligence…
Facebook’s WhatsApp is publicly protesting Apple’s privacy nutrition labels, calling the privacy labels “anti-competitive.” WhatsApp wishes its iOS users to know that the messaging app isn’t as privacy violating as…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8DdL4nDO1I Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of December 4th, 2020 Amazon’s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system The increased prevalence of Amazon’s Ring…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78AF0YFX210 Letters between the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Senator Ron Wyden confirm that the United States government has used Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect web…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YypJ00pNk4 U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) has filed a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that highlights their ongoing plans to create a facial recognition database with mugshots of all non-US…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOThP5YFSBw The Amazon Sidewalk program has officially launched in the United States: and it's opt-out. Amazon Sidewalk turns your home's Amazon Alexa device into a bridge device - a router…