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Step-up your Streaming with these Seven Suggestions

When exploring online alternatives - the digital analogues, so to speak - the adoption of prerecorded video and live streaming has rocketed to the extent that worldwide supplies videography equipment ...

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Why access to retained data in civil proceedings should not be permissible

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Data RetentionPoliticsPrivacySecurity

You share your life on Facebook...

Somewhat related to the “if you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear” argument.

Data RetentionData SovereigntyOpinionPoliticsPrivacySecuritySurveillance

Why I Moved from Signal to WhatsApp

It's probably one of the major contributors to making secure, encrypted, safe communication accessible to all. I recommend it to anyone, if you're not already encrypting your communications.

FreedomOpen SourceOpinionPrivacySecurity

How Apple can Ethically unlock the iPhone for the FBI

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Civil LibertiesLaw EnforcementPrivacySecurityTechnology

The Problem With "Those Who Are Not For Us Are Against Us"

> There is no more neutrality in the world. You either have to be part of the solution, or you're going to be part of the problem — Eldridge Cleaver

KindnessOpinion

Workshop Discounts

Any one-, two-, or three-day workshop running between the 5th and 7th September inclusive, won't attract a travel cost, and training fees will be discounted by 10%! For a group of 6, that's a total sa...

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Sending Secure Messages

Head to https://paste.priva.si/. For security reasons, I recommend you type that address, including the https part, manually, and completely. If you don't, there is a small chance that you will end up...

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The Myth of the Innocuousness of Metadata

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Data RetentionPoliticsPrivacySurveillance

Is Failure Attractive?

I was invited to present at the inaugural Australian PHP Conference, and offered to give a talk on writing a virus. What ensued was the most catastrophic sequence of events. Can you imagine how the audience reacted?

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CitizenFour

I wasn't sure what to expect; I'd been keeping up to date with the information Edward Snowden had released to Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald already, as has most of the world. Similarly, I had read...

Civil LibertiesEdward SnowdenOpinionPrivacySecurity

Is Fingerprint Authentication Breeding Insecurity?

So, should you be concerned about the security implications of giving your fingerprint to your phone?

Data SovereigntyPrivacySecurityTechnology