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Meanwhile, in Russia…

By on July 31, 2017 in Anonymity, Big Brother, Big Government, Civil rights, Democracy, Free Information, Internet, Police state, Privacy, Russia, TOR, VPN

It’s going to be much harder to view the full web in Russia before the year is out. President Putin has signed a law that, as of November 1st, bans technology which lets you access banned websites, including virtual private networks and proxies. Internet providers will have to block websites hosting these tools. The measure is ostensibly meant to curb extremist content, but that’s just pretext — this is really about preventing Russians from seeing content that might be critical of Putin, not to mention communicating in secret.

• Engadget: Russian censorship law bans proxies and VPNs »
• TorrentFreak: Russia Bans ‘Uncensored’ VPNs, Proxies and TOR »

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For you to be anonymous, we must know who you are…

By on June 26, 2017 in Anonymity, Big Brother, Free Information, Internet, IT security, Privacy, UK

The British Internet provider O2 disputed the previous story that they don’t permit people to access tools that give them anonymity protection, like this VPN service. “You only need to show photo ID in one of our stores”, they said, via a link provided. So in order to be an anonymous and protected press source, you need to show a photo ID. You couldn’t make it up if you tried.

Falkvinge @ PNO » British ISP: Of course you can be a protected anonymous press source, you just need to show us photo ID first »

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Njalla – the new anonymous domain registration service

By on April 19, 2017 in Anonymity, disruptive, Free Information, Hacktivism, Internet, Privacy, TPB, WWW

Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde has a new privacy-oriented startup. Today he launches the domain registration service Njalla, which offers site owners full anonymity, shielding them from the prying eyes of outsiders. “Think of us as your friendly drunk (but responsibly so) straw person that takes the blame for your expressions.”

Torrentfreak: Pirate Bay Founder Launches Anonymous Domain Registration Service »

Njalla »

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Mixed signals from the EU on Bitcoin and virtual currencies

By on March 17, 2017 in Anonymity, Big Brother, Bitcoin, Blockchain, EU, Privacy

The past year, there have been very mixed signals about Bitcoin and virtual currencies from the EU. They range from the opinion that it is too early to regulate, as we cannot tell how they will develop – to demands for mandatory registration of all players and all transactions.

This piece might give you a picture of the current state of the debate: EU Parliament states Virtual Currencies cannot be anonymous »

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Germany: No liability for open WiFi

By on February 27, 2017 in Anonymity, File Sharing, Free Information, Germany, Intellectual Property, Internet

Wenn Gäste illegale Downloads starten, müssen Cafébetreiber keine Gerichtskosten mehr fürchten. Das soll ein neuer Gesetzentwurf regeln, der auch klarstellt: Es gibt weiterhin keine Passwortpflicht für offene Netze.

So, it seems that operators (cafés, hotels, etc.) of open WiFi nets in Germany no longer will be held liable or risk legal costs if it is used by someone for e.g. illegal downloads.

Nor will there be any requirement as such for password protection. However, a court or a national authority can issue an order against a WLAN operator to prevent the repetition of an infringement.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Weniger Haftungsrisiken für offene W-Lan-Netze »

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