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.
Once again, an NSA wiretapping capability has been discovered - or made credible, in any case - that highlights the completely incompatible two faces of the U.S. National Security Agency.…
This week, the European Court of Justice - the highest court in the European Union - declared that US companies may not transmit private sensitive personal data out of Europe…
The GCHQ is profiling every single Internet user, according to new Snowden files released by The Intercept. At this point, the story should no longer be that surveillance agencies are…
The United States government keeps pushing for their mythical and imaginary "golden key" to people's correspondence - a key that would unlock all encryption, and they keep demanding this from…
The European Parliament just adopted a report that goes way further in the right direction than anything seen before from any legislative body. It condemns mass surveillance in the strongest…
A Norwegian district court has seen it fit to order censorship of The Pirate Bay and other sites that are sometimes used to violate the entertainment distribution monopoly we know…
In the wake of the Ashley Madison privacy breach, people have killed themselves. This is a breach that should be no different from a breach of any other safety promise…
When automated speed traps were introduced to Sweden in the 1990s, they were shot. Literally. Citizens were so outraged at the idea of being automatically fined, the speed cameras were…
This week, an appellate court in the United States ruled that cellphones may not be tracked without a warrant. It's a good ruling for privacy and one that comes significantly…
People who don't care for their privacy are missing a vital piece of the puzzle: everybody is safeguarding their own privacy and key pieces of others' privacy. By belittling the…