Predictions On Privacy For 2014: How Did They Score?
One year ago, we posted predictions for 2014 developments in the privacy field. As the year draws to a close, it's time to review them before trying to gaze into…
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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At Least 26 People Who Had Nothing To Hide Tortured By CIA
Twenty-six innocent people have been tortured by the CIA. These were people who had literally nothing to hide, but they had something to fear anyway. Civil liberties are either applied…
You Can’t Have Consent Of The Governed Without Privacy
There are still people questioning why we need privacy in the first place, considering it to be some kind of first-world superficial luxury at the individual level. But privacy is…
You Never Need To Justify Your Right To Privacy
Privacy is not a luxury or a privilege. It is a right. You never need to justify why you need privacy; you have a right to privacy without any justification…
WhatsApp Encryption Shows Value Of Metadata
WhatsApp starts encrypting all conversations end-to-end. Would Facebook really allow WhatsApp to throw away the business value in a 19-billion acquisition? Of course it wouldn't. This demonstrates that the snoop…
If You Still Think Terrorist Laws Are Used Responsibly, Here’s Your Chance To Reconsider
Terrorist laws are ridiculous. They are unnecessary, disproportionate, and ineffective - and in practice, they're only used to abuse the law in both spirit and letter. The latest example of…
Remember, Remember: Reflections On This Fifth Of November
As this Fifth of November gathered more people than ever, demanding an end to surveillance and censorship and calling for civil liberties such as freedom of speech to be restored,…
People Are Unwittingly Turning Their Homes Into “Big Brother Houses”
With the advent of cheap home-surveillance cameras, combined with an absence of understanding of information hygiene, millions of people are unwittingly turning their homes into Big Brother houses. There are…
Why Anonymity Is Paramount: Every Other Right Begins With The Right To Seek Information Unhindered
It's not just our superficial rights that are under assault. It's the very foundation for all our other rights - the right to seek information freely, without being physically hindered,…
“Defense In Depth” Applies To Individuals Online Too
In the military, in space engineering, and in software development, there is a principle called "Defense in Depth". This principle should be applied in more contexts, particularly with regard to…