So Google Records All The Microphone Audio All The Time, After All?
It seems Google does record audio from microphones all the time, despite attempts to play down the situation. The "hotword" searching - when you initiate a search by saying "Ok…
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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Twitter Censorship of Drone Assassinations: Do We Need A Stronger “Mere Conduit” Accountability?
It was too conspiratorial to be true - links showing stories on the United States Drone Assassination Program weren't showing up on Twitter if you were accessing Twitter from United…
Once Again, All Together Now: You Can’t Have An Agency Responsible For Citizen Security And For Government Security At The Same Time
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.…
European Supreme Court: Because of NSA, U.S. Corporations Have No Self-Agency To Agree To Privacy Obligations
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…
GCHQ Is Building A Stasi Archive On Steroids: Why Are People Still Surprised?
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…
With The Golden Key To Your Luggage Leaked From The TSA, How Can Anyone Claim The Government Would Protect A Golden Key To Everything Else?
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…
European Parliament Gets Everything Right In New Report: Condemns Mass Surveillance, Shames Complicity With NSA, And Demands Encryption, Net Neutrality, Free/Open Software
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…
Norway’s Censorship Of The Pirate Bay Yet Another Uptick For VPNs And Alternate DNS
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…
Ashley Madison: When Will Privacy Breach Liability Be Taken As Seriously As Other Safety Breach Liabilities?
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…
Not Long Ago, We Shot Automated Surveillance (Literally). When Did We Start Accepting It?
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…