The Snowden Legacy Is Subtle, But In Full Swing: Encryption Everywhere
Edward Snowden's greatest fear was that his sacrifice would have no effect. To the contrary, it's having an effect throughout the entire Internet - and the biggest effect in the…
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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Useful Oneliners To Defend Privacy In Any Discussion
It's happened to all of us. We're asked why we bother defending our privacy, in a defeatist attitude - or worse, accused of having bad intentions when we're merely safeguarding…
“If You Have Nothing To Hide”: Learning Something From History
Data collected about citizens have always been used against those citizens in the end, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes genocidal. In the Netherlands, the official population records contained a field…
Clueless Governments Are Trying The “Privacy For Us, But Not For You” – Again
There's a new War on Encryption going. It won't work. But it can cause a lot of headache and collateral damage, not to mention lost productivity hours trying to explain…
New Financial-Privacy Service Lets You Buy Bitcoin Directly From Mines, Challenges Concept Of Money Laundering
An exciting new service lets private individuals buy bitcoin directly from the bitcoin mines for the first time. The obvious advantage of doing so is the accompanying gains in privacy:…
Information Hygiene: Most People Haven’t Connected Their Dots Are Getting Connected
Your refrigerator tells you when milk expires. Your cameras tell you remotely of anything unusual happening in your home. Your wi-fi-connected scale tells you about your BMI and body fat…
Understanding What Freedom Of Speech Is And Isn’t
There's an argument being passed around that freedom of speech isn't a freedom to insult or offend. That argument is objectively and factually wrong. That's exactly what freedom of speech…
Snooping Section Of US PATRIOT Act Has Expired. Now What?
As the US Senate failed to renew the mass surveillance section of the US Patriot act, as of less than an hour ago, it has formally expired. This means that…
NSA: Keep Eyes On The Big Picture, But Every Victory Is Important
As I wrote in my last column, an expiry of the Patriot Act means nothing to what the NSA does or does not. They have been wiretapping phonecalls since at…
The NSA Have Wiretapped In Bulk Since 1976. They’re Not Going To Care What Happens To The Patriot Act Of 2001.
Right now, there is a debate about a small section of the Patriot Act in the U.S., and which option best removes the authorization from the U.S. NSA to wiretap…