Егор Цветков (Egor Tsvetkov), a photographer in Russia, has taken photos of random people on the subway and connected them to social media portraits and complete profiles using face matching…
It was a little-noticed story in the Entertainment and Oddities section: The GCHQ is using its spying network to help the copyright industry prevent "unauthorized distribution of creative works" -…
Let's imagine a hypothetical telecom regulator getting picked as a new head of ICANN, and the consequences it might have. ICANN is the organization regulating much of the Internet's crucial…
A ruling in the Swedish Supreme Court today establishes that Wikimedia, the publisher of Wikipedia, must pay compensation to the creators of original sculptures and monuments when publishing Wikimedia's own…
Yesterday, a big study broke in the Washington Post about how a mass surveillance regime is dangerous to society, and shows it silences minority opinions when people know they're being…
The aftermath of the Brussels attacks is as predictable as it is despicable: politicians trying to make a career out of the situation by reducing liberty and increasing surveillance, even…
The following statements are opinions of my own. "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom…
This week, the top advisor to the European Court of Justice advised the Court to rule against Germany's liability for open wi-fi hotspots. While the case isn't finished yet, most…
The media outlet Gawker has been sentenced by a Florida jury to 115 million dollars in damages for publishing a sex tape of "Hulk Hogan" and not taking it down…
There's a thread in the Technology section of Reddit right now quoting a part of Obama's opening speech at SXSW, and in the thread, the discussion makes the point that…