Use a VPN to bypass the VoIP ban in the UAE and you could get fined up to $544k
The vast number of United Arab Emirates (UAE) residents that use a VPN to bypass the VoIP ban could soon be in incredibly hot water. The VoIP ban means that…
Governments
China will start prohibiting ad blocking on September 1st
The ad blocking industry is facing a stark challenge from the Chinese government. China’s new Internet Advertising laws includes wording that explicitly prohibits “tampering with or blocking other businesses’ advertisements.”…
France issues formal notice to Microsoft about Windows 10: “stop collecting excessive data and tracking browsing by users without their consent.”
The French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) has issued a formal notice to Microsoft regarding Windows 10 privacy and security concerns. The agency, along with the other European countries in…
US Department of Justice seeks to overturn recent Microsoft ruling; allow search warrants to be served internationally
In spite of a recent court ruling to the contrary, the US Government still wants to serve search warrants to companies outside of its legal national jurisdiction. According to a…
A History of Media Control and Media Blackouts in Coups d’Etat
With the information disarray coming out of Turkey during the (seemingly failed) military coup, we see the same pattern of attempting to control media as we've seen for the past…
Turkey blocks Facebook and Twitter following military coup to unseat Erdogan
The Turkey coup to unseat Erdogan has predictably resulted in social media censorship as the Turkish government and military start firing shots. The two major bridges leading in and out…
There are two prongs in the ongoing attack on liberty and freedoms of opinion, assembly, and expression
There are two parallel prongs being executed right now to crack down on liberty in an unprecedented fashion: freedoms of assembly, of expression, of speech, and liberty overall. To realize…
Fourth Amendment Caucus defeats Patriot Act expansion in Congress
Days ago, the Fourth Amendment Caucus, a collection of 25 House Representatives, managed to block an expansion of the Patriot Act surveillance measures in Congress. HR 5606, unironically called the “Anti-Terrorism…
Password sharing is not a federal crime… But it is still illegal in Tennessee
Is password sharing illegal? Recent actions from the 9th circuit court have sparked slightly erroneous headlines claiming that sharing your password is a federal crime. To grossly simplify the case,…
Why do politicians keep building shelters instead of windmills?
In scrambling to the latest threat against liberty and the net like a wild goose chase, it's sometimes worth asking the bigger question: why do we have incompetent politicians in…