The European Parliament just adopted a report that goes way further in the right direction than anything seen before from any legislative body. It condemns mass surveillance in the strongest…
When automated speed traps were introduced to Sweden in the 1990s, they were shot. Literally. Citizens were so outraged at the idea of being automatically fined, the speed cameras were…
This week, an appellate court in the United States ruled that cellphones may not be tracked without a warrant. It's a good ruling for privacy and one that comes significantly…
As the US Senate failed to renew the mass surveillance section of the US Patriot act, as of less than an hour ago, it has formally expired. This means that…
This week, new invasive spying bills passed in Canada and in France. Both of them, as usual, go beyond what has been seen before in their audacity. But a private…
Many legislators and surveillance hawks are framing an extensive real-time bulk wiretapping of the Internet as "just an adaptation to new technology", and try to pretend it doesn't mean anything…
The Swedish Tax Authority has demanded the full customer transaction history, specifically including customers' wallet addresses, from the small Swedish bitcoin exchange BTC-X. This demand comes without any individual suspicion…
Last week, there was a verdict in a UK court saying that the GCHQ had indeed broken the law with its bulk surveillance. While many privacy advocates rejoiced, so did…
Following the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, everybody and their brother have come out in support of freedom of speech. The problem is, they don't even…
Politicians and law enforcement are still on scare campaigns against encryption. Such campaigns are morally corrupt. You have as much moral right to defend your data, as you have to…