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October 13, 2015 – The Day Digital Privacy Officially Dies in Australia
October 13, 2015 – The Day Digital Privacy Officially Dies in Australia At least in America, the authorities feel a need to lie to the public while engaging in invasive and tyrannical warrantless surveillance. In Australia, a nation in which you are more likely to die by hitting a kangaroo with your car than in […]
The Way GCHQ Obliterated The Guardian’s Laptops May Have Revealed More Than It Intended
The Way GCHQ Obliterated The Guardian’s Laptops May Have Revealed More Than It Intended In July 2013, GCHQ, Britain’s equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency,forced journalists at the London headquarters of The Guardian to completely obliterate the memory of the computers on which they kept copies of top-secret documents provided to them by former NSA contractor and […]
Senate Reports Offer Insight into Future Tory Privacy, CBC Policies
Senate Reports Offer Insight into Future Tory Privacy, CBC Policies While Duffy trial ruled the news, our upper house released several new documents. The trial of Senator Mike Duffy featured several notable revelations last week about the inner workings of the Prime Minister’s Office. One of the most important was found in a 2013 memo […]
You’ve Been Warned – Spotify Wants to Spy on You in Every Way Imaginable
You’ve Been Warned – Spotify Wants to Spy on You in Every Way Imaginable I clearly remember the moment several years ago when my closest friend from NYC was at my place pleading with me to download and use Spotify. The pitch was compelling and I was open minded about the concept, until I learned that […]
Even the Department of Homeland Security Says the CISA “Cybersecurity” Bill Will HURT Security and Destroy Privacy
Even the Department of Homeland Security Says the CISA “Cybersecurity” Bill Will HURT Security and Destroy Privacy Even Homeland Security says that CISA – the faux “cybersecurity” bill which may be rammed through the Senate any day without any debate – will harm America’s security and destroy privacy. DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the Senate Monday: […]
Local Governments Increasingly Poking Through Your Garbage
Local Governments Increasingly Poking Through Your Garbage Civil libertarians are worried about an increasingly common form of domestic surveillance that has nothing to do with listening to your phone calls or reading your emails; it has to do with looking through your garbage. Municipalities across the United States are implementing intrusive methods of monitoring the stuff […]
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs If negotiators get their way, data could more freely flow across borders. British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections have to do with trade, you’re not alone. Public […]
Are You Ready for the e-PATRIOT Act?
Are You Ready for the e-PATRIOT Act? Earlier this month, news emerged that the US government had suffered its worst cyberattack ever. On June 4, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed that hackers had penetrated its networks, possibly for many months. The data thieves stole personal information of up to 18 million current and […]
Media Lessons From Snowden Reporting: LA Times Editors Advocate Prosecution of Sources
Media Lessons From Snowden Reporting: LA Times Editors Advocate Prosecution of Sources Two years ago, the first story based on the Snowden archive was published in the Guardian, revealing a program of domestic mass surveillance which, at least in its original form, ended this week. To commemorate that anniversary, Edward Snowden himself reflected in a New York Times Op-Edon the “power of an informed public” […]
Canadians to Spy Agencies: Get a Warrant!
Canadians to Spy Agencies: Get a Warrant! Ranked first among privacy priorities, the people of Canada have spoken. Second in a series. Do our digital homes deserve the same right to privacy as our brick-and-mortar homes? This is one of the questions Canadians are asking after CBC News revealed that a government spy agency — the Communications […]
Arguing That You Don’t Care About The Right To Privacy Because You Have Nothing To Hide Is No Different Than Saying You Don’t Care About Free Speech Because You Have Nothing To Say
Arguing That You Don’t Care About The Right To Privacy Because You Have Nothing To Hide Is No Different Than Saying You Don’t Care About Free Speech Because You Have Nothing To Say Most Americans value privacy and oppose mass surveillance. The minority who don’t – and who think spying is okay because they have “nothing to […]
How a Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center in Texas Targeted Animal Rights Activists
How a Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center in Texas Targeted Animal Rights Activists Last September, a Facebook event caught the eye of a counterrorism specialist within the Texas Department of Public Safety. The email was among those released by the Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) last month. This same release revealed that ARIC took stock of potential […]
