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…
Last decade, all of Europe was marching in lockstep toward surveillance nightmare societies. This decade, that has changed, and some states in Europe (Germany et al) are choosing to restore…
A ten-year study in Sweden shows a sharply falling popular support for mass surveillance, even if necessary to protect national security. Over a ten-year period, opinion has shifted ten points,…
Last week, the European Court of Justice - the highest court in the world's largest economy - banned blanket data retention, declaring the federal law on the subject unconstitutional. This…
When it was revealed that the GCHQ/NSA/FRA spying complex had been intercepting video chat, including nude video chats, there was an uproar along the lines of "the government is looking…
It seems there needs to be a major wiretapping disaster for the public to wake up to the fact that freedom of speech and privacy are essentially gone. Seeing how…
As we get increasing insight into the self-image of the surveillance agencies around the world, a disturbing image of self-appointed alpha males appear, rather than the modest and professional civil…
Bitcoin heralds great promise to break that symbiosis between banks and governments that enable erosion of our financial privacy. But in the absence of banks, bitcoin comes with its own…
There is an ongoing discussion whether we should fear governmental intrusion into our privacy more, or corporate carelessness with our private data more. This is a false framing of the…
Angela Merkel is outraged that the United States has wiretapped her phone. However, she expresses no concern for her fellow 82 million Germans, nor for her fellow 500 million Europeans…