Privacy-Decimating CLOUD Act Sneaked Into US Spending Bill
House Republicans voted Thursday to pass a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page spending bill. The bill was rushed through so quickly that -- quite conveniently -- no one actually had time to…
Governments
Mossad starts funding sociopathic startups aiming to deprive people of liberty
Mossad has started funding the worst of the worst of IT startups. Normally, a headline such as this would only be seen on very questionable websites, but the source for…
UK Internet Porn Censorship Policy Delayed (For Now) as Government Scrambles to Figure Out How to Implement It
A policy requiring UK residents to undergo age verification before accessing pornographic content online has been delayed until later in the year, as the government has not yet figured out…
State Lawmakers Propose Internet Censorship under Guise of Preventing Human Trafficking
Lawmakers in more than 15 states have proposed legislation that would censor the internet and stifle free speech in an ill-conceived attempt to prevent human trafficking. State Lawmakers Propose Internet…
One month from today, the UK reintroduces censorship. Here’s why you should be on the barricades.
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 --…
Crazy new Swedish bill makes sharing music and TV as bad a “crime” as manslaughter (yes, really)
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…
Canada Bill C-59 Claims to Correct Privacy Abuses — It Actually Makes Them Much Worse
Canadian civil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm over government Bill C-59, a legislative act that purportedly corrects past intelligence-gathering and cyber-operations abuses but in actuality does quite the opposite.…
Swedish Police website hacked to mine cryptocurrency
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…
The real Strava heatmap story is no threats to national security, but about privacy and de-anonymization
At the end of January, Nathan Ruser posted a tweet about Strava, a Website and mobile app used to track athletic activity via GPS coordinates. It concerned Strava's global heatmap:…
UK Court Delivers Blow to Mass Surveillance State, Win for Privacy Advocates
A UK court has dealt a winning hand to privacy advocates -- and a blow to the mass surveillance state -- through its ruling on the controversial Data Retention and…