Why Suspicionless Surveillance Matters

Edward Snowden was unable to accept the Chaos Computer Club‘s “Whistleblower Award” in person, so Jacob Applebaum accepted for him, and read Edward Snowden‘s written statement at the ceremony. “It is a great honor to be recognized for the public good created by this act of whistleblowing. “However the greater reward and recognition belongs to […]

Citizen Journalism: Sharing What Happened In Texas

Nothing better illustrates the truth of Jay Rosen‘s pronouncement that “the watchdog press is dead” than the events on the evening of Tuesday, June 25th, in the Texas State Senate.  The Republican majority planned to push though the anti-abortion Senate Bill No. 5. While CNN considered baked goods, the reportage from Texas was accomplished by […]

CISPA is still BAD

The American Senate has refused to pass CISPA, so the initial feeling was that CISPA was dead. As a veteran of the copyright wars in Canada, I feared that the celebrations may yet be premature. Today my favorite Search engine, DuckDuckGo, is sporting sunglasses in the lee of CCTV cameras. If you click on the […]