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.
The dystopic stories of the 1950s said the government would install cameras in our homes, with the government listening in and watching us at all times. Those stories were all…
From April, the United Kingdom formally reintroduces governmental censorship. It's supposed to be against pornography online, but there's no such thing when it comes to censorship; pornography is merely --…
Our parents, at least in the Western world, had a right to hold private conversations face-to-face, whether out in public or in the sanctity of their home. This is all…
A new crazy bill in front of the Swedish parliament makes ordinary sharing of TV, music, and movies as severe a "crime" as some types of homicide. The Swedish IT…
Because of pure sloppiness in web design, the Swedish Public Healthcare portal is sending every single symptom and medication search to Google. The Swedish Public Healthcare portal 1177 -- named…
One of the sites hijacked to mine cryptocurrency in the recent script-replacement hack was the website of the Swedish Police Force. This merits a more discussion; a lot more. As…
For our analog parents, a diary or a personal letter could rarely be touched by authorities, not even by law enforcement searching for evidence of a crime. Objects such as…
In the analog world of our parents, it was absolutely unthinkable that the government would demand to know every footstep you took, every phonecall you made, and every message you…
At worst, our analog parents could be prevented from meeting each other. Our digital children are prevented from talking about particular subjects, once the conversation is already happening. This is…
Our analog parents' dating preferences were considered a most private of matters. For our digital children, their dating preferences is a wholesale harvesting opportunity for marketing purposes. How did this…