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Obama repeats 500-year-old argument against printing press at SXSW, only directed at the Internet

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

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…

Categories: General Privacy News

In one single image, establishment and mainstream media show their utter ignorance of security

Updated on Mar 11, 2016 by Rick Falkvinge

The various branches of the establishment are frequently criticized for not understanding, or even caring about, the critically important fields of privacy and security. In just one image, the New…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Do children have human rights? Specifically, a right to privacy? France says yes.

Updated on Mar 4, 2016 by Rick Falkvinge

French parents could be sued or jailed for posting photos of their kids, once the kids grow up and achieve adulthood, according to an article in The Telegraph. This is…

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Facebook exec arrested in Brazil highlights troublesome language barrier on civil rights

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

A Facebook executive was arrested (and subsequently released) in Brazil for refusing to hand over Whatsapp metadata to authorities. This story highlights how reality sometimes hits you in the face…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media

Using legacy phonecall wiretapping laws to justify Internet wiretapping is obscene: immense expansion of surveillance

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

The FBI vs. Apple case, where the FBI demands that Apple should write new code to the FBI to decrypt a locked iPhone in the San Bernadino case, is starting…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

What is Netflix thinking, blocking VPN traffic?

Updated on Aug 25, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

So Netflix has banned people using VPNs in Europe from accessing their service. This move can be kindly described as "moronic", for a variety of reasons. To start off, we're…

Categories: General Privacy News, VPN

Understanding the Net’s disruption of the Power of Narrative, in historical context

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

The greatest power you can hold in any society is the Power of Narrative - the position where other people turn to you to find out what's true and what's…

Categories: General Privacy News

Private Internet Access and Digital Rights Activism

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by PIA Team

We here at Private Internet Access care deeply about privacy and digital rights. First and foremost, we fight for privacy by building a product that protects millions of people around…

Categories: Announcements, General Privacy News

Apple vs Government Surveillance: As warned about for years, government is now asserting a right to succeed in wiretapping

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

In a case in San Bernadino, USA, courts have ruled that the government has a right to succeed in wiretapping an old iPhone, and is requiring Apple to help out.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

The world’s most powerful nuclear nation can’t protect its dirtiest secrets. What makes you think anybody will try harder to protect data collected about you?

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Two recent events shine a spotlight on the complete absurdity of the claim that sensitive data collected through surveillance is "safe" in any way, shape or form. The first is…

Categories: General Privacy News
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