Five Privacy Predictions For 2014
On a new year's day, it's traditional to make some predictions that can be shown true or false in a year. With almost a decade of global-level geopolitical game in…
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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Politicians Are Ridiculously Dishonest When They Justify Invasion Of Privacy By The World Being More Dangerous
The world is a much safer place now than in previous years. In the 1980s, the threat was total annihilation of the entire world, and today, it's some terrorists blowing…
I Can’t Discuss Political Work With Colleagues Over The Phone Any More. How Did It Come To This?
When I grew up, we knew that the countries east of the Iron Curtain had secret agencies that spied on their own citizens, and we were taught that it was…
Surveillance Agencies’ Self-Image Just A Small White Cat Away From Bond Villain
As we get increasing insight into the self-image of the surveillance agencies around the world, a disturbing image of self-appointed alpha males appear, rather than the modest and professional civil…
Bitcoin Could Lead To Liberty Paradise, But Also To Surveillance Dystopia
Bitcoin heralds great promise to break that symbiosis between banks and governments that enable erosion of our financial privacy. But in the absence of banks, bitcoin comes with its own…
We Shouldn’t Fear Corporations Or Governments For Our Privacy – The Real Danger Is The Combination Of The Two
There is an ongoing discussion whether we should fear governmental intrusion into our privacy more, or corporate carelessness with our private data more. This is a false framing of the…
Collected Private Data Will Always Be Abused, With Mathematical Certainty
People who defend today's mass surveillance tend to claim that the collected data on everybody's private communications and movements won't be abused. History tells us that they are horribly and…
Our Seven Privacies: The Many Important Facets Of Privacy
When we talk of privacy online, it is easy to narrow the discussion to something that can be described as "anti-wiretapping". But privacy is a much more diverse and important…
Privacy And Transparency Are Not Mutually Exclusive, But Complementary In A Healthy Society
People sometimes ask if I prefer transparency over privacy, as a society can't have both. The premise is wrong. It's a sliding scale, and perfect privacy for the individual citizen…
Merkel’s Outrage Over Wiretapping Shows Need To Make The Fight Personal
Angela Merkel is outraged that the United States has wiretapped her phone. However, she expresses no concern for her fellow 82 million Germans, nor for her fellow 500 million Europeans…