The EU considers US surveillance a "grave threat" to EU sovereignty. Rightfully so, as all data stored in public US clouds is subject to mass surveillance by US authorities. The EU considers personal privacy a fundamental right of any European citizen, which is obviously incompatible with warrantless mass-surveillance (FISA), as recently reauthorized for another 5 years by US President Obama. This is partic ...

A friend told me "Paranoia is a good thing, especially if you are being followed." Apparently Americans, and very likely the rest of the world's population, have good reason to be paranoid. In 20122/2012 the empire struck back, showed its teeth and the surveillance state was dragged out into the open. US mainstream media was surprisingly silent on the government's rampant disrespect for the constitution, US ...

When it comes to privacy, Facebook is on a mission to eliminate it at all cost. The now publicly traded company is every marketing company's and spy agency's wildest dream come true, gathering information about social relationship and intimate details of more than a billion active monthly users. Knowing Facebook, Google and cohorts are collecting and analyzing our data to provide targeted advertising is one ...

We've discovered an interesting Year End video YouTube video, summarizing the state of surveillance and militarization (primarily) in the US in 2012. Nirvana for the paranoid, it is a warning for the rest of us. Enjoy! --- > A reminder of what has taken place already. ...

All emails from anyone within the United States are stored by the NSA and other US government spy agencies for later retrieval if you "somehow" become a person of interest, says William Binney, former NSA crypto-mathematician. This blanket surveillance will allow government agencies to construct a scaringly accurate picture of your life from around 2002 forward. If you think you are safe because you don't l ...

Facebook, the Borg-Collective of the Internet, is making headlines about its Privacy Policies again. With over a billion Facebook "citizens", larger than any country except China and India, any changes to Facebook's policies are a big deal. How worried should you be? Facebook wants to change three major things, how it shares information with affiliates, who can contact you via Facebook Messages,  and to eli ...

Senator Patrick Leahy, who previously introduced a bill that would have actually granted greater protection of your privacy, is re-introducing said bill for discussion on the senate floor next week. The new version however, would allow 22 government agencies access to your email without requiring a judge or informing the owner of accessed email accounts. Some states require warrants to access email accounts ...

Canadians may soon have surveillance right in their bedrooms if the Chiefs of Police Association gets their way in parliament... No quite yet, but it would be easy to imagine.... The Chief's of Police Association of Canada is resurrecting a Internet Surveillance bill that would allow law enforcement to intercept Internet communication of anyone in Canada without warrant, and apparently without much oversigh ...

Being alert is a big part of protecting your privacy. I was just about to setup a profile in CNET when I found this little jewel (see picture!). There is nothing wrong with asking a subscriber to agree to terms and conditions, but what about signing them up to receive a newsletter in the same statement? Creepy... ...