Tag: thailand
  • Sep 27, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Governments, Surveillance,

EU is Spending More Than a Billion Dollars Expanding Biometric Honeypots, Despite Risks to Privacy and Freedom

Privacy News Online has just reported on a major privacy disaster in Afghanistan, where biometric and other highly personal data is now in the hands of the Taliban. That makes clear, in a dramatic fashion, the folly of creating huge databases of unique and unchangeable personal data. Of course, it could be argued that the … Continue reading “EU is Spending More Than a Billion Dollars Expanding Biometric Honeypots, Despite Risks to Privacy and Freedom”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 30, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 30th, 2020 Thailand orders ISPs to block Telegram amid ongoing protests According to a leaked document that was marked top secret, the Thai government has ordered internet service providers to block the popular messaging app Telegram. Telegram was being used by Thai protesters to organize, and the … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 30, 2020”

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  • Oct 20, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN,

Thailand orders ISPs to block Telegram amid ongoing protests

Thai users of Telegram will soon need a VPN to access the increasingly popular messaging app. The government of Thailand has ordered Thai internet service providers (ISPs) to block the Telegram encrypted messaging service. This news comes to us from a leaked government document that was sent from Thailand’s digital economy ministry to the country’s … Continue reading “Thailand orders ISPs to block Telegram amid ongoing protests”

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  • Oct 9, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

Thailand orders restaurants and internet cafes offering public WiFi to log your internet history

Thailand has ordered all restaurant and cafe owners who provide WiFi to start storing the internet history of patrons for at least 90 days. This new announcement came at a news conference on the 8th of October. The Thai ministers clarified that this is a new update to a newly passed Computer Crimes Act that … Continue reading “Thailand orders restaurants and internet cafes offering public WiFi to log your internet history”

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