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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: 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: HomeAn uncertain contract: “Hacking Team” and the collection of public dataNew findings published by Kaspersky Lab, concerning the widespread state deployment of digital surveillance tools...
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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: HomeGlobal Preventive Security and its unbearable lightnessOne now plays a part in one’s own protection. The institutions can help one to strengthen one’s preparedness. One...
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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: 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?Mass surveillance: the Dutch state of denialWith tacit support from the European Commission, the Dutch government has carefully evaded addressing concerns over...
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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...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mind the gap: is data protection catching up with Google Search?The recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Google Spain judgment profoundly challenges the current...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EU
A discussion of European surveillance programmes cannot be reduced to the question of a balance between data...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Swiss debate on mass surveillance: what debate?How did Switzerland, a country attached to the importance of personal privacy, respond after the story about the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?State surveillance in the Czech RepublicThe Czech state doesn't have the capacities to develop a mass scale internet surveillance programme – but resorts to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sweden's surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EUOver the years, Sweden has become the biggest collaborating partner of GCHQ outside the English-speaking countries,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Germany's surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EU
Germany has been engaging in large-scale surveillance and exchange of communications data with international...
