Common Concerns [ This was in 1973, 39 years ago, when "when computers ran on steam and the internet was still largely mechanical". I was led to this document from a message posted by Karl Auerbach in the At Large mailing list today ] Most of the advanced industrial nations of Western Europe and North Read more…

  Europe is considering a sweeping new law that would force Internet companies like Amazon.com and Facebook to obtain [highlight_1] explicit consent from consumers [/highlight_1] about the use of their personal data, delete that data forever at the consumer’s request and face fines for failing to comply… The proposed law strikes at the heart of some of the Read more…

This is a New York Times article published on January 23, 2011 with the title “Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers” by Nicole Perlroth: One afternoon this month in San Francisco, a hacker took a tour of a dozen conference rooms around the globe via equipment that most every company has in Read more…

The following is a reproduction of the article published by the Open Rights Group as reported by NNSquad Data retention has been rejected as unconstitutional in the Czech republic. The EU Directive, pushed forward by the UK, creates an obligation to store everyone’s traffic data, such as who you email or call on your phone, Read more…

Security threats are real. Governments are concerned about Cyber warfare and related threats, business entities suffer from cyber crime in various ways while the average user faces various forms of security threats online. These threats are real but the measures against these threats are considered disproportionate and happen to cause greater harm sometimes than the Read more…