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A French man has been sentenced to two years in jail because of the contents of his internet history

Updated on Aug 5, 2021 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Private Internet Access responds to Rule 41 change in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Updated on Aug 25, 2020 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Today, the FBI becomes the enemy of every computer user and every IT security professional worldwide

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

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…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II gives royal assent to Investigatory Powers Act; Snooper’s Charter becomes law

Updated on Aug 4, 2021 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

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

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Net neutrality shouldn’t be a debate – it’s a symptom of something worse: gatekeepers

Updated on Jul 28, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Net neutrality should not even be a debate. Any market actor who abuses their customers and trust to the level of not respecting net neutrality, on a functioning market, will…

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The opportunity cost of mass surveillance is lost innovation and jobs

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Surveillance kills jobs and drives investment and innovation elsewhere. Lost among the common talking points of liberty, human rights, and Big Brother, there's a much more economic effect when you…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Researchers show that your smartphone’s camera fingerprint allows anyone to track videos and pictures back to you

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Your smartphone has a unique camera fingerprint that can be used to match a photo or video with its recording device. A new app created by security researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Under new law, UK could force ISPs to block Reddit

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The UK government will soon have the power to block any website that doesn’t properly verify your age with a piece of private, personally identifiable information such as your social…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

A country with perfect law enforcement based on perfect surveillance will stop dead in its tracks

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Britain passed the Snooper's Charter, as expected. Legislators worldwide are making the crucial mistake of seeing privacy as an individual luxury, instead of as a collective necessity: a country that…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance
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