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General Privacy News

Today is Congress’s final vote to get rid of Internet privacy protections on your web browsing history

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Internet privacy in America faces a crossroads today on Capitol Hill. S.J. Res 34, the Senate joint resolution to do away with FCC #BroadbandPrivacy rules, passed with a 50-48 vote late…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

United Kingdom looks to ban encrypted messaging apps after Westminster attack

Updated on Aug 23, 2022 by Caleb Chen

The United Kingdom may soon introduce legislation that will ban encrypted messaging apps, according to statements made by British Interior Minister Amber Rudd. In the aftermath of the attack in…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments

With looming changes to U.S. broadband privacy, police can bypass warrants entirely and just BUY your browser history from your ISP

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

The bill passed the U.S. Senate: it looks like your ISP will be allowed to just sell your browsing history. While the bill still needs to pass the House (the…

Categories: General Privacy News

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history

Updated on Jul 19, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Today, Senators will vote to allow ISPs to sell your internet history and end FCC online privacy rules

Updated on Jul 21, 2021 by Caleb Chen

On March 23rd, 2017, the US Senate votes on S.J.Res 34, which would use the Congressional Review Act to strip away online privacy protections gained under the FCC and also disallow the…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

With appeals ruling, the United States has effectively outlawed file encryption

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

An appeals court has denied the appeal of a person who is jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt files. The man has not been charged with anything, but was ordered…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News

New mass warrant reverses concepts: demands all data about everybody who searched for a specific term on Google

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

A Minnesota judge has issued a warrant to Google to provide the local police with all data relating to anybody who searched for specific keywords. This is an enormous expansion…

Categories: General Privacy News

Telecom lobby to FCC: “Web browsing and app usage history are not sensitive information.”

Updated on Jul 20, 2021 by Caleb Chen

On March 16th, 2017, the CTIA filed a reply with the FCC claiming attempting to plead the case that “web browsing and app usage history are not sensitive information.” The…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Great: Now your sex toys are used to spy on you and sell your private habits, too

Updated on Aug 4, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

The makers of an Internet-connected sex toy have settled to pay a small amount to some 300,000 owners of a vibrator which was used to spy on their sex habits,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

These are the 17 House Representatives that introduced a bill to let telecoms sell your personal internet history

Updated on Jul 21, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Most Americans don't know that telecoms and internet service providers store the internet history of their users; even more don't know that recently introduced legislation aims to do away with…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance
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