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Viral outbreak inspires MERS-themed malware
A human virus is a lot like a piece of malware, “downloading” itself into your system and draining your vital resources for its own ends. So it’s ironic that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (ME...
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Australia's new anti-piracy law: Sink or swim?
This article was originally published on June 29, 2015. What happens when the government decides to crack down on Internet piracy? In Australia, the result is The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringem...
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Google in talks with privacy regulators over ‘right to be forgotten’
One year after the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that individuals have the right to ask search engines to remove certain search results about them, Google has published some stati...
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Renew or repeal? Spy law battle heats up on Capitol Hill
On June 1st, one controversial section of the Patriot Act — Section 215 — expires. Both the NSA and the FBI are fighting hard to have this legislation and its accompanying powers extended, while p...
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Going dark: New Australian law spurs VPN interest
It’s official: Yesterday we wrote about a new data retention law in Australia that compels ISPs to save user “metadata” for two years and supply it without a warrant on demand from federal agen...
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Why we think the Australian Data Retention Law is a terrible idea
This article was originally published on April 13, 2015. Over the past few weeks, Australian Internet users have been troubled by the implications of Parliament passing the mandatory metadata retentio...
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FBI’s plan to expand hacking power advances despite privacy fears
This post was originally published on March 30, 2015. Last Monday the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules sanctioned a rule change that will expand the FBI’s authority to use ha...
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Live in Australia? Your data may be snatched from you in the near future
This post was originally published on March 26, 2015. After several days of debate, the Australian government finally secured a deal with the opposition party on Thursday which saw the passing of new ...
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NSA spying continues
This post was originally published on March 11, 2015. A secret US court has yet again come down in favor of the NSA’s controversial phone snooping program, extending its deadline to 1 June. The gove...
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Breaking borders: Canadian spy agency tracks users worldwide
They're friendly; courteous. Love hockey, maple syrup, and poutine. Are unfailingly polite, eh, and while willing to stand up for their rights prefer sternly-worded letters over direct confrontation. ...
