Swedish Parliament just voted 233-41 to introduce Data Retention in Sweden, as per the EU directive from 2004. Despite many countries having struck down…
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Collected Personal Data Will Always Be Used Against The Citizens
The doctrine for authorities collecting sensitive, private data on citizens right now appears to be “your private data may be useful to us, and…
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Looking to Occupy Wall Street for Anonymous Democracy
One of the the drawbacks to a perfectly private society is the impossibility of preventing voter fraud; without knowing who’s who, there’s no way…
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Orwell Was An Optimist: Happy New Year
As we enter 2012, it becomes increasingly clear that Orwell was an optimist. As darkly as he painted the possible future, we are now…
Read MoreNever Trust A VPN Provider That Doesn't Accept Bitcoin
It was the nightmare come true. An unscrupulous VPN provider that happily handed over identifying information to law enforcement, providing a cold-shower reminder that…
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This Is Data Retention. Would You Give It To Any Future Government?
A new visualization of cellphone location data surfaced yesterday on Engadget. While it was hailed as a cool visualization of location, it is something…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love LulzSec
Zacqary Adam Green. I don’t like having my personal data taken by the “Bad Guys”, no more than anyone. When the infamous Sony Playstation…
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Czech Constitutional Court Kills Data Retention
In a verdict today, the Czech Constitutional Court killed the Czech implementation of the detested Data Retention Directive. Ubiquitous surveillance of every human being…
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Data Retention Postponed As Expected
As expected and hoped, data retention was postponed through a constitutional safeguard in Swedish Parliament today. This means that one year must pass until…
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LIVE: Data Retention Vote In Sweden
16:10. The vote on the constitutional safeguard is complete. 62 votes for postponement, 281 against, 6 absent. 281 votes is not five-sixths of Parliament….
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