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Morocco starts blocking access to Steam and other popular computer games

Updated on Aug 25, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Early on the morning of the 19th of May, 2016, Morocco’s biggest internet service provider (ISP), Maroc Telecom, started blocking access to many popular computer games. Moroccan users are reporting…

Categories: General Privacy News

For first time, an ISP reveals why Police demand internet subscriber identities: ordinary file sharing is the most investigated “crime”

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

While the Police complain about shortage of resources, it turns out the most investigated "crime" on the net is ordinary people sharing music and movies with each other. This is…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

The DAO raises $100 million: How the old world really can’t comprehend the new world

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

The crowdfunding to the investment company "The DAO", which has exceeded one hundred million US dollars and counting, has the old world in confusion. "How can something leaderless run a…

Categories: Cryptocurrency, General Privacy News

It’s the 1800s all over again: Free enterprise never really existed before now

Updated on Jul 19, 2016 by Rick Falkvinge

In the years 1791 to about 1850, laws were passed that abolished trade guilds as the permission-givers to run a business. But as we speak of "permissionless innovation" today, and…

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Finally: Germany to abolish open wi-fi liability for users’ behavior

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Germany's ruling coalition has decided to abolish the liability for users' copyright infringements and other behavior when operating an open wi-fi access point. This weird and anachronistic liability has seriously…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

Data Retention hearing in the European Court of Justice: Mass surveillance endgame in Europe?

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

Recently, there was a hearing in the European Court of Justice about the overall legality of Data Retention. Little is known about what was said - but we know who…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

NSA has caused people to develop entirely new form of self-censorship

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

A Wikipedia study of readership show that people largely abstain from reading certain articles about terror groups after the NSA mass surveillance revelations of 2013, in fear of being redflagged…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News

Our children aren’t inheriting the liberties of our parents: The importance of “Analog Equivalent Rights”

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

The civil liberties of our parents are not being passed down to our children. Somehow, liberties are being interpreted to only apply to analog technology, despite this limitation being nowhere…

Categories: General Privacy News

More Russian social-media face recognition: Criminals instantly identified by AI from CCTV footage

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

Russia's FindFace service, which has been in the news for identifying random subway passengers and for people using it to de-anonymize porn talent, continues to show the effects of an…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media

That was quick: Moscow subway to scan all passenger faces this year

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Last week, there was a story of how a photographer on the Moscow subway had taken photos of random people and identified them using their social media profile's portraits. We…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance
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