Linux networking stack from the ground up, part 2
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 Overview This post will pick up where part 1 left off, beginning by explaining what ethtool…
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Linux networking stack from the ground up, part 1
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 Purpose This multi-part blog series aims to outline the path of a packet from the wire through…
At What Point Is Internet Access Considered A Fundamental Right?
At what point does the Internet cease to be a luxury subscription service, and become a utility, and over and above that - when does Internet access become a fundamental…
When Everything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You, Do You Really Have Freedom Of Speech?
What you're saying unencrypted today can and will come back to hunt you in twenty years by a different government with different values. Once you realize this, do you really…
Outlook 2016: Policymaking and Technology Will Continue to Diverge
Policymaking and technology have diverged for the past 30 years, in the battle between an imaginary "right to incumbency" on one hand and disruptive makers on the other. Eventually, one…
The United States Now Needs To Be Part of Any Privacy Threat Model
When I was working in the European Parliament, there was one quote that stuck with me: "you'll never see somebody's own government listed among the threats to a customer's privacy…
Free Speech Cannot Exist Without Strong Encryption
Freedom of Speech is not just the freedom to say whatever you want. It's the freedom to say those words to somebody. It follows that strong encryption is not just…
European Court of Human Rights: Mass Surveillance is Unlawful
The European Court of Human Rights has found that bulk warrantless mass surveillance violates basic human rights. The case was brought by Roman Zakharov against Russia, and is binding on…
Bitcoin, Taxation, and the Systemic Necessity of Allowing Privacy
As you start using bitcoin, you start questioning the nature of money - or the nature of central bank money, anyway. If you go deeper down the rabbit hole, you…
After Paris Attack Where Terrorists Used Cleartext Communications and Credit Cards, Police State Hawks Demand a Ban of Encryption and Bitcoin
It didn't take long after the Paris terror attacks for police state hawks to demand more police powers. Bans on encryption have been suggested, as well as regulation of bitcoin…