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…
General Privacy News
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…
Ireland planning to introduce national identity cards by stealth, with no debate and unclear privacy safeguards
National identity cards are an emotive topic. In the UK, the ID card debate raged for years before and after the authorities there passed a law in 2006 to introduce…
European Union preparing to disable ATM withdrawals when banks are insolvent
The European Union is preparing measures that would freeze savers' assets in banks when the solvency of the bank is in question, to prevent a "run on the bank" and…
If you use a browser extension, your full Internet history may be for sale – and easily de-anonymized
The recent repeal of broadband privacy protection in the US has highlighted the highly-personal nature of browsing histories. One natural solution is to use a VPN in order to shield…