When you can’t tell the truth, anonymity is your rescue
The liberty we know as Freedom of Speech, when written into law, only says that your government cannot retaliate against you for speaking your mind. But your friends and family…
General Privacy News
Leak of proposed US law reveals plans for widespread use of multiple surveillance technologies at borders
Here on Privacy News Online, we often write about the impact on privacy of technologies such as facial recognition, iris scans, DNA databases, and drones. Individually, those powerful and rapidly-advancing…
Libsodium v1.0.12 and v1.0.13 Security Assessment
Contents 1 Executive Summary2 Introduction2.1 Scope 2.2 Approach2.3 Classification and Severity Rating3 Findings3.1 Summary of Findings3.2 Overview of Cryptographic Design3.3 Static Analysis Results3.4 Dynamic Analysis Results3.5 Detailed Findings3.5.1 SD-01: Randomness source…
Libsodium Audit Results
Private Internet Access today releases the results of its Libsodium audit. Libsodium is an open source, cryptographic library that is used far and wide in projects such as Zcash as…
When Europe outsources censorship to Facebook and Twitter, who upholds free speech? And where’s the outrage?
The European Commission is circumventing bans on governmental censorship by asking communciations platforms like Facebook and Twitter to agree to "voluntary codes of conduct", which all users would be held…
DOJ demands 1.3 million visitor IP addresses from protest website: Were you using a VPN?
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking personal information, including IP addresses, of all visitors to a political website called disruptj20.org. In total, This past Monday, Dreamhost unveiled details about…
Privacy issues with Palantir’s move into law enforcement, and how to tackle them
The name "Palantir" bespeaks mystery. Its original meaning is the powerful artifact in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" that allows direct communications with distant lands. It is now also the…
India blocks the Internet Archive Wayback Machine in censorship overstep
The hugely popular internet tool, the Wayback Machine by the Internet Archive, has been blocked by an Indian court order. India has a long history of blocking sites that are…
Putting the “face” in Facebook: how Mark Zuckerberg is building a world without public anonymity
Facial recognition has matured sufficiently that it is cropping up in real-world applications with increasing frequency, as recent Privacy News Online stories attest. There's one well-known company that is more…
These are the 11 Representatives and 21 Senators that have stood up to the FCC regarding net neutrality
Last week, the FCC received two letters - one signed by 11 members of Congress and another signed by 21 members of Senate. The first letter was titled simply: "In…