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.
In a case in San Bernadino, USA, courts have ruled that the government has a right to succeed in wiretapping an old iPhone, and is requiring Apple to help out.…
Two recent events shine a spotlight on the complete absurdity of the claim that sensitive data collected through surveillance is "safe" in any way, shape or form. The first is…
The opportunity cost of lost privacy is lost innovation, and by extension, a low-happiness society that lags not only in liberty, but in all amenities considered modern. Therefore, privacy is…
A lot of procedures for collecting personal information go to great length to explain why the data is being collected and how it will be used. Sadly, it's all for…
Yesterday, the US and EU announced that they had come to an agreement regarding US corporations' future use of EU personal data, after the European Court of Justice struck down…
What is Privacy? >> Privacy is a basic human emotion like love, aspiration, empathy, and understanding. It’s what we feel when we lock the restroom door, it’s what we feel…
While one could preach going off the grid altogether to leave no traces at all, that's barely compatible with a modern lifestyle. You could argue that you should stop using…
Whenever you're online, you're leaving small markers of identity, several different kinds and on several different levels. This is necessary for everyday communication on the Internet - for example, if…
Privacy is a basic human emotion like love, aspiration, empathy, and understanding. It's what we feel when we lock the restroom door, it's what we feel when we lay back…
At what point does the Internet cease to be a luxury subscription service, and become a utility, and over and above that - when does Internet access become a fundamental…