Tag: politicians

Why do politicians keep building shelters instead of windmills?

In scrambling to the latest threat against liberty and the net like a wild goose chase, it’s sometimes worth asking the bigger question: why do we have incompetent politicians in the first place that force us to be this vigilant for self-evident liberties? Fights for net neutrality and basic privacy in the European Union, for … Continue reading “Why do politicians keep building shelters instead of windmills?”

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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 supposed to give users choice, privacy, and security. Its effect, over and above causing developer facedesks and headaches, has been the exact opposite. In 2009, … Continue reading “Five Years of Cookie Law: Politicians’ good intentions and incompetence create security, privacy nightmare”

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