The Russia VPN ban doesn’t forbid personal or business use of VPNs at all
Putin has signed a new law that increases internet censorship dramatically and has been marked as the beginning of the Russia VPN ban, but does the new law actually ban…
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Transatlantic data flows under renewed threat following top EU court’s ruling
Last week, Europe's highest court issued what might seem a fairly obscure ruling on an agreement between the EU and Canada on the transfer of passenger data between the two…
Without privacy, a society cannot advance
A society without rulebreakers doesn't challenge the rules, the status quo, the established consensus. Our society pretends to celebrate its entrepreneurs, its freethinkers, and its trailblazers. But in action, in…
This is how absolutely headdeskingly clueless politicians are at anything IT security related
The Swedish IT leak scandal has caused a governmental crisis: even when having every kind of self-interest to read up on IT security, today's politicians just can't get it right.…
Apple removes VPN apps from the Chinese App Store on government orders
Today, Chinese iPhone users woke up to discover that censorship-defeating apps such as the Private Internet Access VPN app are no longer present in the Chinese Apple App store. The move…
German police to be able to read encrypted messages with government malware by end of 2017
German police will be able to read encrypted messages using government malware by the end of 2017, according to leaked documents obtained by Netzpolitik. They are legally able to deploy…
Canada’s Freedom Mobile throttles video streaming, accused of violating net neutrality
Freedom Mobile, Canada's 4th largest mobile service provider with over 1 million subscribers, is throttling video playback on YouTube, Netflix and other video streaming sites using deep packet inspection (DPI).…
Thousands march in Moscow, Russia to support Internet Freedom, protest VPN ban
Over 2,000 protestors marched in Moscow, Russia over the weekend to protest the recent VPN ban and the tightening grip of internet censorship in Russia. The protest was in response…
In Xinjiang, China, police have set up checkpoints to ensure that the government-mandated “Jingwang” spyware is installed
In Xinjiang, China, citizens are being forced to install a targeted surveillance mobile app called Jingwang. Additionally, the government has set up random checkpoints on the streets to check whether…
How the Swedish administration leaked EU’s secure STESTA intranet to Russia, then tried glossing over it
The Swedish administration is leaking its secret intranet and databases to Russia, via its Transport Agency, via the IBM cloud, via IBM's subcontractor NCR (formerly AT&T) in Serbia, which is…