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Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (7/21): Analog Libraries Were Private Searches for Information

Updated on Jun 16, 2026 by Rick Falkvinge

When our analog parents searched for information, that activity took place in libraries, and that was one of the most safeguarded privacies of all. When our digital children search for…

Categories: General Privacy News

Private Internet Access adds new PIA servers and regions in Austria, Belgium, and UK Manchester

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by PIA Team

Dear Beloved Customers, Private Internet Access is proud to announce that we have launched our Austria Region/Gateway, our Belgium Region/Gateway, and our UK Manchester Region/Gateway. These new PIA servers have…

Categories: Announcements, General Privacy News

Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (6/21): Everything you do, say, or think today will be used against you in the future

Updated on Sep 4, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

"Everything you say or do can and will be used against you, at any point in the far future when the context and agreeableness of what you said or did…

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Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (5/21): Where did Freedom of Assembly go?

Updated on Jul 23, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Our analog parents had the right to meet whomever they liked, wherever they liked, and discuss whatever they liked, without the government knowing. Our digital children have lost this, just…

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Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (4/21): Our children have lost Privacy of Location

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

In the analog world of our parents, as an ordinary citizen and not under surveillance because of being a suspect of a crime, it was taken for granted that you…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

Private Internet Access Statement On End of Net Neutrality

Updated on Jan 29, 2024 by PIA Team

At Private Internet Access, while we have always had strong hope that governments would do the right thing, we’ve never based our business nor service around variables. As such, using…

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The FCC votes 3-2 for net neutrality repeal

Updated on Aug 5, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted 3-2, along party lines, to repeal Net Neutrality. The Open Internet Order of 2015 is no more - the online privacy and net…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (3/21): Posting an Anonymous Public Message

Updated on Sep 4, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

The liberties of our parents are not being inherited by our children - they are being lost wholesale in the transition to digital. Today, we'll look at the importance of…

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Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (2/21): The analog, anonymous letter

Updated on Sep 4, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

Our parents were taking liberties for granted in their analog world, liberties that are not passed down to our children in the transition to digital -- such as the simple…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights: Our children should have the same rights as our parents

Updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

In a series of 21 posts on this blog, we'll examine how privacy rights -- essential civil liberties -- have been completely lost in the transition to digital. The erosion…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance
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