Last week, Australia's law mandating telecommunications data retention went into effect. It is clear that Australia learned absolutely nothing from Europe's abysmal 10-year failure with this exact law before it…
New US regulations ban laptops on board some aircraft, requiring laptops to be in checked luggage. One of the first things you learn in information security is that if an…
Now that Australia's mandatory metadata retention regime is officially started, many are wondering how we got to this point and what we can do to stay private now that every…
April 13th, 2017 is now "National Get a VPN" Day for the entire country of Australia. In March 2015, Australia passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill (info).…
As a response to President Trump's signing of internet privacy repeals, Washington State now has two pieces of legislation with bipartisan support - one in the House and one in…
IPv6 is currently being rolled out around the world, but IPv6 security concerns continue to pour in. Internet protocol version 6, or IPv6, is the successor to IPv4. Recently, researchers…
A new resolution before the House would do away with one of the strongest free speech protections on the Internet. On 4/03/17, Congresswoman Wagner introduced the “Allow States and Victims…
In response to the federal repeal of internet privacy rules, Massachusetts State Sen. Bill Tarr, a Republican, has submitted "An Act Ensuring Internet Security and Privacy" (SD. 2517) to his state's…
A sign on the revolving entrance to a European airport, one sign among many, says "the airport employs wi-fi and bluetooth tracking; your privacy is ensured". The vast majority of…
According to multiple sources on Capitol Hill, net neutrality is next on the chopping block for the FCC now that internet privacy rules have been repealed. The official plan could…