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It’s coming: another call for everyone’s DNA to be collected and stored permanently

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Glyn Moody

The head of the Hamburg Institute for Legal Medicine, Klaus Püschel, has called for the DNA of everybody in Germany – including tourists – to be collected and stored. As…

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Independents, Republicans, and Democrats come together to propose internet privacy bill in Maine

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Independents, Republicans, and Democrats in the Maine Senate have come together to propose a bill that would protect internet privacy at the state level. The bill, LD 1610, is formally…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Is it prudent to ask if Britain’s nuke subs, which also run Windows XP, have also been hit by ransomware?

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Britain's hospitals have been brought to a standstill because of ransomware infecting obsolete and unpatched Windows XP systems. The same obsolete operating system is powering Britain's nuclear weapons arsenal. Is…

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Nevada is looking to protect citizens’ internet privacy from both ISPs and big internet companies

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Caleb Chen

New legislation in Nevada will require internet service providers (ISPs) and commercial websites to inform customers on what private, sensitive information they collect and what third parties have access to it. The…

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United Nations: “India must restore internet and social media networks in Jammu and Kashmir”

Updated on Jul 16, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A new release by The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights calls on India to restore internet access and social media networks in the Jammu…

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OpenVPN 2.4.2 fixes critical issues discovered in OpenVPN audit reports

Updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Private Internet Access is happy to release the results of our OpenVPN audit. In concurrence with the release of this report, OpenVPN has released OpenVPN 2.4.2 which is the latest update…

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OpenVPN 2.4 Evaluation Summary and Report

Updated on Apr 16, 2025 by Caleb Chen

Contents 1 Executive Summary2 Introduction2.1 Scope2.2 Approach2.3 Classification and Severity Rating3 Findings3.1 Summary of Findings3.2 Static Analysis Results3.3 Dynamic Analysis Results3.4 Detailed Findings3.4.1 OVPN-01: Sensitive authentication token not wiped on…

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Over 128,000 fake comments against net neutrality have been sent to the FCC by bot

Updated on Jul 21, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The FCC is being bombarded with fake comments, over 128,000 at last count, that all say the same thing attacking net neutrality. All this after Ajit Pai admitted in an…

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Ajit Pai on whether your comments on net neutrality could change the FCC’s mind about repealing Title II: “We have an open mind”

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Your comments to the FCC in support of net neutrality worked in 2015 and they will work again in 2017. Ajit Pai has confirmed that he is listening. In a recent…

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Inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, advocates net neutrality without exception

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The inventor of the web believes that net neutrality is under attack and that we, as internet users, need to fight for it. Sir Tim Berners-Lee sat down with Alex…

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