Egyptians forced to use a VPN to access encrypted messaging app Signal
Encrypted messaging just took a blow in Egypt. Since this past weekend, many internet users with an Egyptian IP address are no longer able to send or receive messages or…
Governments
Court approves Australian #siteblock on The Pirate Bay, Solarmovie, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt, and others
Australian Federal Court has ordered that 61 websites associated with The Pirate Bay, IsoHunt, TorrentHound, SolarMovie, and Torrentz, be blocked by Australia’s internet service providers (ISPs). Australian internet users have…
The war on cash being justified as “necessary against organized crime” is the worst excuse ever
There is a "war on cash" going on from the central banks, trying to reduce the usage (and personal storage) of cash. This is something that makes sense as a…
Tensions are rising, there are cracks in the façade, and change is in the air. When and how will things snap?
Tensions between the industrial-age establishment and the networked people-at-large have been rising for years, if not for two decades. Politicians and elites striving to paint themselves on moral high horses…
Private Internet Access VPN response to Investigatory Powers Act
The United Kingdom has passed a draconian mass surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act (IP Act), which will force the collection of UK internet connection records for a whole year.…
A French man has been sentenced to two years in jail because of the contents of his internet history
The contents of your internet history are more than enough to send you to jail in France. A French man has been sentenced to two years in jail for visiting…
Private Internet Access responds to Rule 41 change in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
The recent change to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure would allow a federal magistrate judge to issue a search and seizure warrant for electronic media if the…
Today, the FBI becomes the enemy of every computer user and every IT security professional worldwide
Today December 1, the United States FBI is granted new powers to intrude into any computer anywhere on the globe, instantly changing the FBI from a random law enforcement agency…
H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II gives royal assent to Investigatory Powers Act; Snooper’s Charter becomes law
It’s official, the Investigatory Powers Act has received royal assent as of Tuesday afternoon and what has been billed as the most draconian mass surveillance law that has ever officially…
Bipartisan group of Senators introduce S.3475 to delay the DOJ from being able to unconstitutionally hack millions of devices with a blanket warrant under an amendment to Rule 41
Rule 41 is set to be changed on December 1st. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is trying to expand the government’s hacking powers to an unconstitutional level using a little-known…