Spooks told to get used to encrypted VoIP: “ UK start-up aims to conceal more conversations A British security firm has urged the government not to impose heavy-handed interception regulations on VoIP providers, ahead of…
Phorm unleashes legal attack on critics: “ Beware the wounded beast News articles based on a survey indicating public opposition to Phorm’s web snooping and advertising system have been withdrawn after the firm made legal…
Telenor shuns IFPI’s ‘block Pirate Bay’ demands: “ Like asking post office to open every letter, says Norwegian ISP Norwegian ISP Telenor has refused demands from representatives of the US music and film industry to…
Good luck! 🙂 UK – Government seeks international strategy on illegal downloading: “(Guardian) The culture secretary, Andy Burnham, is aiming to have the framework of an international strategy to combat illegal internet downloads agreed with…
EU – Child abuse image trade targeted: “(BBC) Profits made by peddlers of child sex abuse images are being targeted by a pan-European alliance. The European Financial Coalition brings together payment firms, law enforcement agencies…
Aussie internet-net will be drawn wider: “ Comms minister expands on site blacklist The Australian government is already planning to block legal internet content when its ‘great firewall‘ eventually goes live. That is the fear…
Pirate Bay prosecutors get jiggy with charge sheet – again: “ IFPI boss ‘vague’ on BitTorrent tech Prosecutors in the entertainment industry versus The Pirate Bay trial have made further amendments to the charge sheet…
Three months on, you still can’t get off the DNA database: “ Carry on sampling… Almost three months on from the unanimous ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the UK’s mass…
Last call for UK liberties: “ Convention rallies support against government madness On Saturday 28 February, several hundred activists and interested citizens got together to issue a rallying cry to all concerned by the government’s…
Prime Minister’s health records breached in database attack: “ Scottish rich and powerful victimized Personal medical records belonging to Scotland’s rich and powerful – including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Holyrood’s First Minister Alex Salmond…