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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan we really be bothered to take back our privacy?
Is the best we can do really to download countless programs merely to slow down those spying on us? This is not only...
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Published in: HomeNet names for safe shelter
A proposal for making the net safer by combining Norwegian legislation with a new use for its unused digital domains.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSnowden one year on - a day of action
Mass surveillance has to end, on June 7th we're having a day of action to consider how we can make that happen....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDo not make us choose between our safety and our privacy
A year after the Snowden revelations, the UK has utterly failed to properly investigate serious breaches of our privacy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe lumpen commentariat
We may have acquired the right to speak freely, but what good does it do if nobody’s listening?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe prevention of journalism
Governments may use increasingly complex and sophisticated tools for censoring unhelpful information but the end...
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Published in: HomeThe road from web 1.984
We are realising that the 'free' services we use online carry huge hidden costs. A totally administered society is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNot just 4 lulz: Anonymous vs mass surveillance
Anonymous yesterday organised a simultaneous protest around the world against the revelations of mass surveillance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UK/US relationship is alive and well
The UK government continues to use the potential embarrassment of the White House as an argument against justice and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe 1840s privacy panic - lessons from history
State interception of postal correspondence marks the first major privacy scandal of modernity. The real question,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn unholy mixture: surveillance, the law and a setback for journalism
We should not underestate the seriousness of the government's attacks on those seeking to expose its surveillance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKErdoğan and Cameron - shared values?
Despite the widespread violence caused by the state in Turkey, Cameron has alluded his alliance to the Turkish Prime...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNSA & GCHQ - hand in glove. Are you really surprised?
The level of surveillance across the US and the UK should not come as a shock to their citizens. To what extent is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Snowden Fallout
In America, candidacy is reserved only for those who can afford it, betraying the essential democratic concept of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOrwell is drowning in data: the volume problem
In the Orwellian imagination, the fundamental flaw in state intrusion lay in overwhelming layers of bureaucracy. Dom...
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Published in: HomeDon't say 'I told you so'
Avoid the temptation to be smug about it: Snowden's leaks matter, and others will follow.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGlobal dissent and the UK
In a world where states have been able to disguise their intentions, Jeremy Fox examines the implications of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat have I got to fear, if you've got something to hide?
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The recent surveillance leaks in Britain show a regime that is...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job