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A Quick Infographic Guide to FCC Corruption

Posted on June 18, 2014

The incestuous relationship between the Federal Communications Commission, and the telecommunications industry it’s supposed to regulate, is very well documented. Numerous FCC executives and employees have left the organisation only to be employed at Comcast and other telcos, while the FCC itself is being run by the former head of lobby groups that would like nothing more than to see net neutrality ground into the dust.

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Heartbleed – What passwords to change

By Ed Holden | Posted on April 10, 2014

**Graphic updated on **16/04 @ 17:37 CEST - (Netflix changes) The Heartbleed bug - a major security flaw in OpenSSL - has seriously disrupted the online community this week. OpenSSL is one of the most popular pieces of encryption software, and the bug has potentially exposed millions of user details to hackers.

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Individuals should be responsible for their online privacy, not governments, says survey

Posted on January 28, 2014

Microsoft has released a new global privacy survey to coincide with International Data Privacy Day (which takes place today in case you didn’t know). The findings reveal a somewhat confused attitude toward online privacy across both Europe and the US, with respondents claiming to care about online privacy, but at the same time failing to take simple actions, such as reading a company’s privacy policy.

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Don't expect Google's "conscious home" to keep things private…

Posted on January 14, 2014

Two interesting Google-related news stories broke over the last few days. The first is that France’s data protection authority, CNIL, has issued the search giant with an 150,000 euro fine after ruling its privacy policy violated the French Data Protection Act.

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Will the US government try to ban VPNs in 2014?

Posted on December 30, 2013

With online privacy coming under increasing attack, it’s no surprise that more and more activists, and privacy-conscious internet users, want to shield their internet activity from potential evesdroppers - be they state institutions or private companies.

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Concerned about online privacy? Here's five US politicians to keep an eye-on in 2014

Posted on December 24, 2013

Last year we rounded-up a selection of the most anti-online privacy politicians in the US, followed by a similar round-up focusing on the UK. Since then Edward Snowden’s PRISM revelations have had a huge impact on the political landscape and have revealed a broad church of politicians who have allied themselves with perhaps the most pervasive spying programme in history.

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Will Europeans really be set free from data retention?

Posted on December 15, 2013

It appears the EU Data Retention Directive will soon be scrapped. On Thursday, the European Court of Justice General, Pedro Cruz Villalon, said the highly controversial law contravenes the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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Five reasons why UK politicians hate the internet

Posted on November 30, 2013

The World Wide Web may have been created by a Brit but in the last 15 years the UK government has shown nothing but disdain for online liberties and online privacy. In fact, out of all western nations, we reckon the UK is probably the most draconian and heavy handed in its approach to managing and controlling its own citizens in the online space, and - unlike the US’ PRISM program - most of this has been done out in the open.