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Search Results for: internet of things

Vint Cerf imagines a self archiving internet – one that could lead to a more open future

Posted on Jun 15, 2016 by Caleb Chen

What would a self archiving internet look like? At the recent Decentralized Web Summit hosted by the Internet Archive, Vint Cerf, one of the computer scientists hailed as a founding…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Private Internet Access supports Internet-Wide Day of Action for Net Neutrality

Posted on Jul 12, 2017 by Caleb Chen

Today, July 12th, 2017 is a special day. Browsing around the internet you may have noticed that many websites have messaging directing you to leave comments about net neutrality with…

Categories: Governments

5 tips for helping children think critically about privacy

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 by Danica Sergison

Navigating our increasingly connected digital world can be difficult for the privacy-conscious parent.  There are many decisions to make about how children engage safely and protect their privacy online, including…

Categories: General Privacy News

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: May 22nd, 2020

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Caleb Chen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az5xSbfSWbQ Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of May 22nd, 2020 Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant…

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Regulators genuinely don’t understand the Internet can work fine without their regulation

Posted on Jun 10, 2016 by Rick Falkvinge

Every now and then, we see regulators trying the most asinine move toward the Internet: banning encryption, requiring this, prohibiting that. They seem to be trying things at random, and…

Categories: Governments

Swedish Court orders web censorship of Pirate Bay; idea of ISP tit-for-tat against copyright industry plaintiffs floated everywhere

Posted on Feb 14, 2017 by Rick Falkvinge

In a first, a Swedish court has ordered censorship of The Pirate Bay in a case of copyright industry vs. an ISP. While cases like this have been common in…

Categories: Censorship, Copyright, Governments

Oppression for Pennies – The Cost of Surveillance is Falling

Posted on Jul 4, 2018 by Derek Zimmer

Oppression for Pennies - The Cost of Surveillance is Falling If there’s one thing the Internet has taught us over the last 40 years, it is that information is power.…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Private Internet Access Celebrates Data Privacy Day 2018

Posted on Jan 27, 2018 by Christel Dahlskjaer

Today is Data Privacy Day, an initiative that seeks to raise awareness of the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. It also brings privacy professionals together globally…

Categories: General Privacy News

Can hardware ever be trusted? The Betrusted project aims to find out by going back to basics

Posted on Jan 22, 2020 by Glyn Moody

As previous posts have noted, the Internet of Things is being widely embraced in the form of so-called "smart speakers" and other devices. That's despite the fact that few of…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

French data protection authority says it can’t trust top US Internet companies with EU personal data – even if they keep it in the EU

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 by Glyn Moody

Last month, this blog looked at the continuing repercussions of the decision by the EU's top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), to strike down the…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance
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