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This is how absolutely headdeskingly clueless politicians are at anything IT security related

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

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.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Apple removes VPN apps from the Chinese App Store on government orders

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN

German police to be able to read encrypted messages with government malware by end of 2017

Updated on Jul 16, 2021 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments

Canada’s Freedom Mobile throttles video streaming, accused of violating net neutrality

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

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).…

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Thousands march in Moscow, Russia to support Internet Freedom, protest VPN ban

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN

In Xinjiang, China, police have set up checkpoints to ensure that the government-mandated “Jingwang” spyware is installed

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

How the Swedish administration leaked EU’s secure STESTA intranet to Russia, then tried glossing over it

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

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…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Worst known governmental leak ever is slowly coming to light: Agency moved nation’s secret data to “The Cloud”

Updated on Jul 22, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Sweden's Transport Agency moved all of its data to "the cloud", apparently unaware that there is no cloud, only somebody else's computer. In doing so, it exposed and leaked every…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Verizon Wireless is apparently now throttling Netflix and Youtube to 10Mbps

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Verizon Wireless users on the Verizon subreddit and Howard Forums have reported that YouTube and Netflix are being throttled to 10Mbps regardless of the speed you have paid for. If it…

Categories: General Privacy News

Putting together the pieces of the Chinese VPN jigsaw puzzle

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Glyn Moody

VPNs are indispensable tools for today's Internet users, and nowhere more so than in China. The famous "Great Firewall of China" – the name given to the set of technologies…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN
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