Yesterday, December 17, 2020, the U.S. Treasury has proposed a rule which would require more intense identification of those transacting in digital coins such as Bitcoin with U.S. financial institutions. Today, tracing Bitcoin transactions is much easier than cash transactions,… Read More ›
Today, the House of Representatives voted 256-164 to extend NSA on Americans even though they are not legally permitted to do so. I know, it’s pretty confusing and even more so disgusting. Additionally, when handed an amendment to plug up some… Read More ›
Yesterday, April 28, 2017, the movie ‘The Circle’ was released to U.S. theaters without much fan fair; however, perhaps it should. ‘The Circle’ features such blockbuster stars as Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, Bill Paxton amongst others, and though I and… Read More ›
Yesterday, July 14, 2016, YouGov.com released the results of a poll of 5,573 Americans’ opinions on encryption. Specifically, the question posed was, “Do you think it should be legal or illegal for people to use encryption services which prevent the… Read More ›
The Libertarian Party endorses the Surveillance State Repeal Act (H.R. 1466) introduced by Rep Mark Pocan (D-WI), which would substantially scale back the surveillance apparatus of the U.S. government. Nicholas Sarwark, LP Chair said, “The Surveillance State Repeal Act would dramatically improve the… Read More ›
The latest edition of the annual TRUSTe Consumer Confidence Index shows that online privacy is a hot button issue for Americans with 92 percent concerned about their privacy when using the internet and 42 percent are more concerned than a… Read More ›
Statement from Lauren Book, M.S.Ed., CEO and founder of Lauren’s Kids, on proposed changes to Florida private recording laws to benefit child victims of sexual assault (HB 131: “Use of Intercepted Wire or Oral Communications as Evidence”): “Following last week’s… Read More ›
Yesterday, May 5, 2014, a diverse coalition of thousands of Internet users, companies and organizations began a campaign called ‘Reset The Net‘. Websites and companies such as BoingBoing, CREDO Mobile, DuckDuckGo, imgur and reddit are only a small number of… Read More ›
