Will your vote count? 4 cyber threats on Election Day
Several methods of cyberattack could be used for election hacking in the U.S.—or at least causing chaos amid polling and vote counting across the country.
The U.S. might permanently ban end-to-end encryption
This post was originally published on April 23, 2020.
The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT)...
Governments are demanding user data from Facebook in record numbers
According to Facebook’s latest transparency report, government requests for user data reached their highest level ever in the first...
The fight for online privacy is heating up in Maine
About two years ago, the United States Senate voted in favor of Senate Joint Resolution 34, essentially enabling internet...
France is bidding adieu to Google in favor of a more...
While the U.S. government is working to tighten its grip over citizens’ personal privacy, Europe’s new policy regulations are...
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) aims to protect user data....
NOTE: This post was originally published on August 8, 2018
It’s a big bill that’s gotten very little attention.
California lawmakers...
Net neutrality is important, and we need to fight for it
Net neutrality (before 2003, known as “common carrier concept”) describes the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) should route...
Net neutrality: what the repeal means and how a VPN can...
Update: As of June 11, 2018, Net Neutrality has officially been repealed, meaning the rules requiring internet service providers...
Privacy in America vs. Europe: Here’s how the EU does data...
As the EU pushes sweeping new data reforms, the U.S. is stuck trying to figure out how to address their budding privacy problem.
Did the internet fail to deliver on its early promises?
With its many predecessors and common interchangeable terminology, it’s hard to pin the internet’s birth date precisely, though it’s...
