There are still people warning us of sleepwalking into a Stasi or “1984” society. They missed the boat by a long shot: we are…
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PRISM – The British Dimension
Loz Kaye, leader of the UK Pirate Party, gives a view from the UK about the NSA PRISM revelations: The cultural sense among ordinary…
Read MoreSo Just Exactly What Is NSA's Prism, More Than Reprehensibly Evil?
The US NSA’s PRISM program appears to be a set of specialized deep-packet inspection filters combined with pre-existing wiretapping points at high-level Internet carriers…
Read More4 UX Problems Holding Back Crypto And Anti-Wiretapping Technology
Now that our worst wiretapping fears have been confirmed, millions of people are realizing that we need to start using decentralized, encrypted communication yesterday….
Read MoreTold You So: If You Have Been Using A Centralized Comms Service, You Were Wiretapped
This night, news broke that the USA’s security agencies have been wiretapping essentially every major centralized social service for private data. Photos, video conferences,…
Read MoreSwedish Government: "Total Surveillance Doesn't Harm Freedom Of Speech, Because It Is Covert"
The Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt has claimed that the blanket net wiretapping already being performed by the Swedish government is completely…
Read MoreHow To Bypass TSA / Airport Security
Security theatre is dangerous, not only to our civil liberties but also to our individual safety. I am going to outline some of the…
Read MoreTerrorists Tried To Terrorize Boston. They Succeeded.
Last night, the city of Boston, Massachusetts and some surrounding suburbs shut down. The only people on the streets were heavily armed police and…
Read MoreEU President, IT Staff Don’t Understand Democracy, Maths, Truth
Last month there were revelations about the EU Parliament IT system, and the arbitrary way in which email blocks on legitimate topics can be…
Read MoreThe European Parliament (Mostly) Said No To A Porn Ban
The European parliament’s vote earlier this week on a resolution that asked for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media was…
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