Privacy, censorship, & security in the news.

Here are a collection of links to articles I have found about privacy, censorship, and securty that are worth a read! I can't possibly write articles covering all the news on these topics, but I can share some good articles from other websites with you here instead. Note that I occasionally find a decent article from a source I can't stand. In this case, I will run the link through "archive.today" so I don't send the site in question any traffic.

“Offensive Content” Next? Comcast Suspends User’s Internet Service For Downloading Copyrighted Material

July 1, 2021
"ISP threatens to terminate service permanently."
#censorship
#Comcast
Read full article onsummit.news

Wireless Carrier Injects Ads Into Two-Factor Authentication Texts

July 1, 2021
"Not only are countless systems and services not secure, security itself often isn't treated with the respect it deserves. And tools that are supposed to protect you from malicious actors are often monetized in self-serving ways. Like that time..."
#privacy
#security
#SMS
Read full article onTechdirt.

The EU hasn't given up on using the pretense of "copyright infringement" as a censorship tool

June 30, 2021
""Earmark" is the new buzzword to watch out for."
#censorship
#EU
#Earmark
Read full article onReclaim The Net

People switched to newsletters to get away from Facebook, so Facebook just entered the newsletter business

June 30, 2021
"The data harvesting company is paying journalists big money to write for them."
#censorship
#privacy
#Facebook
#Bulletin
Read full article onReclaim The Net

PCLOB “Book Report” Fails to Investigate or Tell the Public the Truth About Domestic Mass Surveillance

June 30, 2021
"The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has concluded its six-year investigation into Executive Order 12333, one of the most sprawling and influential authorities that enables the U.S. government’s mass surveillance programs. The result is a bland, short summary of a classified..."
#privacy
#surveillance
#PCLOB
Read full article onElectronic Frontier Foundation

AlignPay is a new anti-cancel culture payment processor

June 30, 2021
"An antidote to deplatformings."
#censorship
#AlignPay
#cancel-culture
Read full article onReclaim The Net

Big Tech created a gold mine of data for law enforcement

June 30, 2021
""The golden age of government surveillance.""
#privacy
#law enforcement
Read full article onReclaim The Net

Big Tech cracks down on Robert Malone, mRNA vaccine pioneer who warns about their risks

June 30, 2021
""To censor and silence scientists under such circumstances can lead to many unnecessary deaths," says previously censored Harvard Med professor Martin Kulldorff."
#censorship
#vaccine
Read full article onJust The News

UK tells messaging apps not to use e2e encryption for kids’ accounts – TechCrunch

June 30, 2021
"For a glimpse of the security and privacy dystopia the UK government has in store for its highly regulated ‘British Internet’, look no further than guidance put out by the Department of Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) yesterday — aimed at social media platforms and privat…"
#privacy
#UK
#encryption
Read full article onTechCrunch

ORWELLIAN: Canada Moves to Ban 'Hate Speech' Online, Punishable by a $40,000 Fine

June 30, 2021
"Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party in Canada has moved to ban "hate speech" online, punishable by a $40,000 fine."
#censorship
#Canada
Read full article onpjmedia.com