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French Parliament votes in favor of new surveillance powers
At a time when lawmakers and citizens in the US are questioning the sweeping surveillance powers introduced after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, the French government has dramatically swung...
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CISPA explained: A guide to undermining privacy
In 2011, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was introduced to the House of Congress by representative Mike Rogers, but failed to pass the senate. In February of 2013 the same bi...
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Overseas snooping: French “Patriot Act” gaining support
Critics have compared it to the much-hated “Patriot Act” in the United States, but despite public backlash, France's “Projet de Loi Relatif au Renseignement” is gaining steam in parliament as ...
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WikiLeaks creates searchable archive of hacked Sony emails and documents
Thousands of documents and emails snaffled during an attack against Sony Pictures last year have been published on WikiLeaks, according to the BBC. The treasure trove of data - 30,287 documents and 17...
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Malware planted on hard disk given to whistleblowers' lawyer
When it comes to matters of justice, we’d all like to think that we can trust a lawyer, but an interesting case in Arkansas suggests that may not be such a wise idea: When Matthew Campbell of the Pi...
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Renew or repeal? Spy law battle heats up on Capitol Hill
On June 1st, one controversial section of the Patriot Act — Section 215 — expires. Both the NSA and the FBI are fighting hard to have this legislation and its accompanying powers extended, while p...
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Stop the Patriot Act's mass surveillance with Fight 215!
This post was originally published on April 15, 2015. The Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) 2001 i...
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Going dark: New Australian law spurs VPN interest
It’s official: Yesterday we wrote about a new data retention law in Australia that compels ISPs to save user “metadata” for two years and supply it without a warrant on demand from federal agen...
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Why we think the Australian Data Retention Law is a terrible idea
This article was originally published on April 13, 2015. Over the past few weeks, Australian Internet users have been troubled by the implications of Parliament passing the mandatory metadata retentio...
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FBI’s plan to expand hacking power advances despite privacy fears
This post was originally published on March 30, 2015. Last Monday the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules sanctioned a rule change that will expand the FBI’s authority to use ha...
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