Collaborate Disseminate
In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political liberty and justice, and for commercial fairness and equality. I talk about how it increases personal freedom and individual autonomy, and how the lack of it makes us all less secure. But this is probably the most important… Continue reading How Surveillance Inhibits Freedom of Expression
I read a lot of reports from corporate media complaining that you can’t censor “fake news” sent via WhatsApp. Mainstream media claims that because of “fake news” the wrong person got elected in Brazil.
At the moment Facebook… Continue reading Can Facebook break the WhatsApp E2E encryption without the customers noticing?
For eight years, Google Earth didn’t update its satellite image of a military installation in Nevada. So we bought one ourselves. Continue reading The One Place in the US Google Earth Stopped Mapping
I have a website that recently was blocked. The country is famous for blocking illegal content (adult in this case). I am not mentioning the country as I do not want them to read this and get any ideas on how to circumvent an… Continue reading DNS Censorship. Is there a workaround?
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Another day, another court order against The Pirate Bay (TPB). This time, the Patent and Market Court of Sweden has ordered the telephone company and mobile network operator Telia to block The Pirate Bay and other torrenting websites including… Continue reading Swedish court tells ISP to block The Pirate Bay in the country
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has refused to answer a list of questions from U.S. lawmakers about the company’s secretive plan for a censored search engine in China. From a report: In a letter newly obtained by The Intercept, Pichai told a bipartisan group … Continue reading Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide ‘Broad Benefits’
Google intends to launch a censored version of its Search app for China sometime in the next six to nine months, according to a leaked transcript from a private employee meeting held last month. The Intercept’s Ryan Gallagher today reported the company… Continue reading Google To Launch Censored Search In China Despite Denials
On Thursday, the U.S. Vice President Mike Pence weighed in on Dragonfly, a project run by Google to build a censored search engine app for China. He said Dragonfly app would make it easier to track someone’s internet searches. From a report: Pence said… Continue reading Vice President Mike Pence Says Google Should Halt Dragonfly App Development
Alphabet subsidiary and tech incubator Jigsaw, which concentrates on creating solutions for “the toughest geopolitical challenges,” has released Intra, an Android apps that encrypts DNS queries. About Intra Intra encrypts DNS queries so tha… Continue reading Jigsaw releases Intra, an Android app that encrypts DNS queries to thwart online censorship
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Google CEO Sundar Pichai will be present at a private meeting with top Republican lawmakers this Friday to discuss the company’s controversial plans to relaunch a search product in China and perceived… Continue reading Google CEO Sundar Pichai Is Headed To Washington This Week To Discuss Censorship, China