Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of September 11th, 2020 Federal courts rule that reverse location requests by police violate the Fourth Amendment Law enforcement has previously used reverse location requests, otherwise known as geo fencing warrants, to ask tech companies like Google to provide a list of all smartphones located near the scene of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020”

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  • Sep 4, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

Freedom of expression hangs in the balance at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing

Julian Assange, the editor and founder of WikiLeaks, will be taken into a London courtroom on Monday for a hearing which will determine whether he will be extradited to the United States to face charges. The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a litany of charges under the Espionage Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse … Continue reading “Freedom of expression hangs in the balance at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing”

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Controversial Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has been Arrested in London

Julian Assange, the controversial founder of Wikileaks, has been arrested in London after being ousted from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he has taken refuge for seven years. The reasoning for the initial arrest is related to skipping out on arrest warrant in the UK (“failing to surrender to the court”) for an inquiry into sexual … Continue reading “Controversial Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has been Arrested in London”

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  • Jan 10, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • Cryptocurrency, General Privacy News,

He’s Alive: Julian Assange Used the Bitcoin Blockchain for Proof of Life

Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange featured the Bitcoin Blockchain in his most recent public appearance, a live-streamed Reddit AMA hosted by Twitch.tv. The Bitcoin Blockchain is the ultimate timestamping software, and we saw Julian Assange read a block hash that he wouldn’t be able to guess correctly. Wikileaks has previously had to turn to Bitcoin as … Continue reading “He’s Alive: Julian Assange Used the Bitcoin Blockchain for Proof of Life”

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