The recent Wi-Fi “KRACK” vulnerability, which allowed anyone to get onto a secure network (and which was quickly patched by reputable vendors), had been…
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IMSI Catching: Phone surveillance measures and countermeasures go mainstream
The German newspaper Die Zeit has a long feature this week about IMSI catchers and their countermeasures, words that were long heard only in…
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Bitcoin, Innovation Of Governance; Lightning Rod Striking Balance Of Power
In its seven years of existence, Bitcoin has gained wide mainstream attention with its disruptive potential in finance. Yet, currency is just its first…
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The First Ten Years of the Pirate Party: Lessons Learned and Road Ahead
Exactly ten years ago, on January 1 2006 at 20:30 CET, the Swedish and first Pirate Party was launched by me setting up an…
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Bitcoin; Technology Beyond Ideology And A Call For Evolution
Six years since the invention of the blockchain, more people are beginning to see the powerful political implications that this technology brings. People from…
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Launching New Reporting Service – 682 Writers, Editors, Managers Wanted For Part-Time. Yes, You'll Get Paid, And Paid Well. Launch Now, Operational In Q3.
Today, I’m launching a news service in an entirely new format, designed to outcompete oldmedia. The new service publishes all news as shareable images,…
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More People Were Paid To Exploit Heartbleed For The NSA Than To Fix It
Unsurprisingly, it turns out that the NSA knew about the Heartbleed bug since shortly after it was added to OpenSSL. While thousands of salaried…
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Censorship Triggers Liability: UK ISPs Need To Be Sued Way Out Into Atlantic
Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom have started censoring the Internet wholesale by default. This is a horrible transgression against the free exchange…
Read MoreToday's Technology Shift Has Parallels To When Universities Were Threatened By… Textbooks
Today’s technology shift has many parallels with the arrivals of mass-printed books at universities. At the time, teachers at universities were horrified that the…
Read MoreRick Falkvinge's 2013 List Of Stone Dead Industries
There is a number of industries today that are already obsolete, kept alive by sheer inertia or by political subsidies. Many politicians, in an…
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