UK’s new mass surveillance bill is the worst yet
Government officials are working to pass the biggest bulk collection legislature the UK has ever seen. The Investigatory Powers...
Fight the TPP with a VPN
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an international trade agreement five years in the making. Although the details around the...
Hey, Aussies! Hide your IP to stop your ISP from spying...
Updated October 9th, 2015
The Moment You've Been Dreading Is Here
Australia’s mandatory data retention scheme takes effect on Tuesday, October...
New tool helps journalists and activists detect governments’ snooping malware
Researchers at Rook Security have created a free tool to scan and detect a malware that is used by oppressive...
Australia’s new anti-piracy law: Sink or swim?
What happens when the government decides to crack down on Internet piracy? In Australia, the result is The Copyright...
USA Freedom Act: One step forward, one step… sideways?
The USA Freedom Act has finally cleared both United States House and Senate. Some laud it as a massive...
New Russian ‘undesirables’ law may lead to more media self-censorship
New laws signed off by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend have given Russian authorities more power to shut...
Clear message? UN says encryption key to free speech
In 2011, the United Nations declared Internet access a human right. Now, a report from the United Nations Office...
Are the US and EU pulling in different directions over privacy?
Whatever your opinion of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, there is no doubt that he opened a can of worms...
House passes USA Freedom Act; Senate next as Section 215 comes...
In a landslide vote on Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of the USA Freedom...
