What is Netflix thinking, blocking VPN traffic?
So Netflix has banned people using VPNs in Europe from accessing their service. This move can be kindly described as "moronic", for a variety of reasons. To start off, we're…
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.
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Understanding the Net’s disruption of the Power of Narrative, in historical context
The greatest power you can hold in any society is the Power of Narrative - the position where other people turn to you to find out what's true and what's…
Apple vs Government Surveillance: As warned about for years, government is now asserting a right to succeed in wiretapping
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.…
The world’s most powerful nuclear nation can’t protect its dirtiest secrets. What makes you think anybody will try harder to protect data collected about you?
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
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…
It doesn’t matter why data is collected: it only matters that it 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…
Understanding the new privacy (non-)deal between the US and EU
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…
The Basics of Privacy
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…
Five Ready-to-Use Privacy Tools
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…
Protecting Your Privacy: Understanding Traces You Leave For An Adversary
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…