Remember, remember: Liberties are like muscles
In the spirit of commemoration, I thought we could mark this November the Fifth by taking some time out of our daily lives and consider again where society is going.…
Rick Falkvinge
Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and is a political evangelist, traveling around Europe and the world to talk and write about ideas of a sensible information policy. Additionally, he has a tech entrepreneur background and loves good whisky and fast motorcycles.
- Web |
- More Posts(348)
Posts by rick:
Mass surveillance: First it was for terrorism, then it was for drug trade, and now it’s for unlicensed driving
As mass surveillance was introduced, we were promised it was only for combating terrorism and violent uprisings. Then, it was used mostly to combat illegal drug trade. As the surveillance…
We’re seeing yet another election cycle where privacy is of no concern to candidates
Yet another election campaign is passing without privacy and other fundamental rights being discussed. While candidates certainly have different stances, judging on public discourse, they're not what makes or breaks…
Once more, with passion: Fingerprints suck as passwords
Imagine you had a really strong and complex password. It was so hard for anyone to remember, that you had printed thousands of business cards with the complex password on…
Supreme Court rules that IP address allocation is personal data, but to what use?
The European Supreme Court rules that the subscriber identity behind an IP address is personal data, making such data protected by privacy laws. However, the court rules in a very…
Self-destructing messages don’t protect against the recipient – that was never the point
This week, Signal finally introduced self-destructing messages. Regrettably, many seem to miss the point of what they're for. The point of a self-destructing message is not to protect against the…
Scotland Yard, Terrorism, and Encryption: How wording of charges contain hidden layers designed to shape public opinion
Several people objected to the claim that "Scotland Yard says HTTPS is terrorism" by asserting that Scotland Yard is following the law to the letter. Maybe they are, but that…
Why PIA doesn’t fly a warrant canary: it’s solving the wrong problem
Private Internet Access doesn't have a warrant canary. That's because warrant canaries alert somebody to damage that has already happened. The right way to go about the problem is to…
In the UK, running a blog over HTTPS is an act of terrorism, says Scotland Yard
In a bizarre case, Scotland Yard is accusing a person for six separate acts of preparing terrorism. Those six acts include researching encryption, developing an "encrypted version" of his blog,…
Told you: U.S. companies simply don’t have agency to promise any kind of safeguards for collected data
In the Yahoo fallout, Europe is now accusing the United States for disallowing its corporations to give any kind of guarantees for handling sensitive private data. This means that US…