Category Archives: EARN-IT

EARN IT: Privacy, Encryption, and Policing in the Information Age

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You may have heard about a new bill working its way through the US congress, the EARN IT act. That’s the “Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020”. (What does that mean? It means someone really wanted their initials to spell out “EARN IT”.)

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Signal: We’ll be eaten alive by EARN IT Act’s anti-encryption wolves

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The Big Bad Wolves haven’t blown the house down but did come up with a way to “hold the three little pigs responsible for being delicious,” Signal said. Continue reading Signal: We’ll be eaten alive by EARN IT Act’s anti-encryption wolves→

COVID-19 Mass Surveillance, New Coronavirus Cyber-Attacks, Encryption Backdoors

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In episode 113 for March 23rd 2020: Israel passes an emergency law to use mobile data to track people infected with COVID-19, the latest coronavirus cyber-attacks to be aware of, and how governments world-wide could be putting backdoors into secure mes… Continue reading COVID-19 Mass Surveillance, New Coronavirus Cyber-Attacks, Encryption Backdoors→