Putting network specifications behind subscription paywalls gives the NSA and other surveillance agencies a decisive advantage against the freedom of the Internet. That is the unescapable conclusion of the recent…
Privacy News Online has just written about an "unprecedented" injunction granted by a US judge against the site Sci-Hub. The reach of that injunction is clearly deeply problematic for lots…
Stories about privacy have a depressing tendency to be about its loss, and the increasing threats to it in the future. Perhaps we need to spend more time thinking about…
We've just written about China's ambitious plans to add voiceprints to its existing national biometrics databases. Given the country's long record of keeping a close watch on its citizens, it's…
It's hardly a secret that China conducts massive surveillance of all kinds, as Privacy News Online has reported many times. And yet it seems that the authorities there are still…
The recent Wi-Fi "KRACK" vulnerability, which allowed anyone to get onto a secure network (and which was quickly patched by reputable vendors), had been in plain sight behind a corporate-level…
Governments all around the world hate encryption. Unless they are being incredibly cunning by pretending they can't break strong encryption when they can, this seems to be because crypto really…
Smartphone users are becoming aware that their phone number and location isn't private when they use the internet on their data plans thanks to the selling of your mobile advertising…
Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) has been proven to be insecure - leaving your device vulnerable on pretty much all wireless networks, whether they are public or private. The WPA2…
Railing against the use of encryption by criminals has always been an exercise in futility, but it's a great way to sound tough. What better way to assert your power…