Netflix Blocks Chrome Incognito Users
TL;dr: Netflix appears to be blocking Chrome Incognito users from using Netflix. It works fine with PIA and normal browsing, but with or without PIA, in Incognito, Netflix does not…
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Subway photographer connects random photos to people’s social media profiles
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…
So GCHQ is already spying on behalf of the copyright industry. Why isn’t there an outcry over this change of mission?
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" -…
Would you like this hypothetical telecom regulator to head up ICANN?
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…
Supreme Court: Wikimedia violates copyright by posting its own photos of public, taxpayer-funded art
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…
German studies eight years ago show that surveillance brings horrible self-censorship. Why is this news to the US now?
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…
Brussels attacks: The predictable and despicable powergrab aftermath
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…
Surveillance is Power: The Information Advantage
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…
European Supreme Court advisor: “Strike down Germany’s open-wi-fi-liability laws”
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 Gawker case is the thin edge of a two-ton concrete repression wedge
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…