Privacy, an In-Alienable Human Right
Wikipedia begins its analysis on the history of privacy by recognizing Aristotle as the beginning of our collective understanding of privacy in humanity. This is wrong. Humans have been around for…
General Privacy News
European Parliament prepares for actual Internet Censorship using “Terrorism” as justification buzzword
Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, groups in the European Parliament wants to give police the power to censor the Internet and even individual accounts with social media providers at…
Phone metadata can reveal your location, relationship status, and the NSA can still get it under the guise of hunting for terrorists
Since the Snowden leaks, the US government has sought to repair its public image and curtail public knowledge of its invasions of privacy. Before 2015, the US government was allowed…
Five Years of Cookie Law: Politicians’ good intentions and incompetence create security, privacy nightmare
Five years with the "cookie law", taking effect in 2011, shows how politicians' good intentions - when coupled with incompetence - can create a security and privacy nightmare. It was…
Check out Fast.com, a new speed test for your VPN gateway
How well does PIA work with Netflix’s Fast.com, the newest competitor to Speedtest.net? Notably, Fast.com runs a faster test than Speedtest does, this is because Fast.com only checks your download speed…
Morocco starts blocking access to Steam and other popular computer games
Early on the morning of the 19th of May, 2016, Morocco’s biggest internet service provider (ISP), Maroc Telecom, started blocking access to many popular computer games. Moroccan users are reporting…
For first time, an ISP reveals why Police demand internet subscriber identities: ordinary file sharing is the most investigated “crime”
While the Police complain about shortage of resources, it turns out the most investigated "crime" on the net is ordinary people sharing music and movies with each other. This is…
The DAO raises $100 million: How the old world really can’t comprehend the new world
The crowdfunding to the investment company "The DAO", which has exceeded one hundred million US dollars and counting, has the old world in confusion. "How can something leaderless run a…
It’s the 1800s all over again: Free enterprise never really existed before now
In the years 1791 to about 1850, laws were passed that abolished trade guilds as the permission-givers to run a business. But as we speak of "permissionless innovation" today, and…
Finally: Germany to abolish open wi-fi liability for users’ behavior
Germany's ruling coalition has decided to abolish the liability for users' copyright infringements and other behavior when operating an open wi-fi access point. This weird and anachronistic liability has seriously…