The Swedish government is doubling down on the court-banned and hated data retention surveillance. As a Western first, they're also planning to introduce VPN surveillance, taking a page out of…
I recently moved from Stockholm, Sweden to Berlin, Germany. It is quite illustrative to see how different these privacy cultures are, and in particular, the expectations from authorities on both…
There's a new frontier for digital privacy: home devices that understand spoken commands. That's impressive and convenient, but it comes with definite risks, as Rick Falkvinge pointed out earlier this…
Verizon's 4K ban is now network-wide. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) can be used to bypass video throttling by your internet service provider (ISP) or telecommunication provider. Since August 23rd, Verizon…
When what evolved into modern copyright was first drawn up in the eighteenth century, it was designed as a legal weapon to be deployed against printers that made infringing copies…
Hardware maker Sonos has a new privacy policy, and is telling users that unless they agree to it, their devices may cease to function entirely. Of course, since people bought…
The German newspaper Die Zeit has a long feature today about IMSI catchers and their countermeasures, words that were long heard only in countersurveillance cultures at Black Hat and Defcon.…
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…
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…
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…