Russian president Vladimir Putin signed the "Sovereign Internet" bill into law yesterday. The bill is supposed to help protect Russia's internet infrastructure from being "cut off" by Western powers in…
In Massachusetts, a judge has forced a number of people to attempt to unlock an iPhone to determine the owner and get access to the underlying data. This reaffirms what…
As numerous posts on this blog have noted, some of the biggest threats to privacy come from Internet giants like Facebook and Google. The centralized nature of their services allows…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly part of our everyday lives, with so-called "smart" speakers especially popular, But for all their undoubted technical merits, they also represent a growing…
There's a lot of talk about the invasive practices of FaceBook right now, but somehow Google has skated by largely unfazed by the public outcry against privacy violations and the…
Online freedom of speech is under attack around the world. The EU's new Copyright Directive is about to become law, and brings with it a need to filter all uploads…
Last month, Privacy News Online looked at a 3000-word essay entitled "A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking", written by Mark Zuckerberg. It's a measure of the political pressure that Facebook…
Julian Assange, the controversial founder of Wikileaks, has been arrested in London after being ousted from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he has taken refuge for seven years. The reasoning for…
When we talk about privacy as a concept, we tend to drill into the benefits of privacy and the crucial role that it plays in our lives as individuals. In…
The House of Representatives are voting on the Save The Internet Act today! As usual, the ISP's are trying to ruin the bill with amendments that would allow them to…