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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why your government doesn’t want you on a strict privacy diet, and what you can do about itAs Snowden’s revelations have had little impact on our online habits, expecting national governments or the EU to...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Fourth Branch: the rise of the national security stateThough the US may be finally addressing some of the fictions propping up its security policies, the question...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageA digital agenda for the new High Commissioner for Human RightsPromoting, protecting and fulfilling human rights requires a secure Internet, but states misuse cyber security...
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Published in: openSecurityA clear-eyed look at mass surveillanceThe Snowden revelations on mass surveillance practices, especially by the US and UK, have triggered a global...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What will it take to end mass surveillance in the EU?As European governments refuse to act on the issue of mass surveillance, it becomes clear that the fight against...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance post-Snowden: an unbalanced debatePeople are entitled to privacy on the Internet just as they have a right to privacy in all other areas of their...
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Published in: HomeCop cams go globalBrazil´s military police have long equated law enforcement with warfare. But there are signs that the status quo is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Saving privacy in the age of mass surveillance: do judges hold the key?European courts have interpreted privacy in a holistic manner, addressing not only the challenges of mass...
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Published in: HomeChina and Habermas's public sphere
There is a public realm, and it nurtures a society of free citizens. The painful, complex evolution of this idea in...
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Published in: HomeAn uncertain contract: “Hacking Team” and the collection of public data
New findings published by Kaspersky Lab, concerning the widespread state deployment of digital surveillance tools...
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Published in: openSecurityTwenty-first century protest: social media and surveillanceThe internet is a two-edged sword—a vehicle for mass surveillance on the one hand and the organisation of...
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Published in: ourNHSSaving NHS money - or a bonanza for Big Pharma and Big Tech?
Are big NHS changes in England including local closures and more ‘care at home’ driven by the need to save money -...
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Published in: Home“We had to wait for Snowden for proof”, an exchange with NSA whistleblower William BinneyThe NSA preferred a much more expensive system of bulk collection of foreign data. That was a fatal choice as it...
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Published in: HomeAll I can say is that you are uninteresting! An exchange with General Michael Hayden, Director of the NSA from 1999-2005On the first anniversary of Ed Snowden’s revelations, this interview contributes to what we intend will become a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?"Let's not talk about it": how the mass surveillance debate was silenced in RomaniaThe active suppression of debate about mass surveillance, SIM card registration and data retention by Romanian...
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Published in: openSecurityBuilding the blacklist: police spies and trade unionistsIn 2009 a UK construction industry blacklist, administered by a private company holding files on thousands of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance and institutional racism: two sides of the Swedish coinLast year, it was revealed that the Swedish state indexed all Roma living in Sweden and made its secret services...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU's active fight for digital rightsProtecting personal data is high on the EU agenda, and Snowden’s revelations undoubtedly triggered reactions and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Surveillance in Spain: a slowly developing debate amid political indifferenceHow did the Snowden saga impact Spain? How did the government and society react to the revelations about...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Silence remains the easiest answer: Polish non-reactions to Snowden’s disclosuresLegitimising the politics of mass surveillance wouldn’t be possible in Poland if it wasn’t successfully tested by...