The Five Eyes, an intelligence (or surveillance, depending on your viewpoint) alliance among five countries (Australia, United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada), met this past week to discuss the future of encryption and the different options available...
July 5, 2017Big news for Gmail, as they announced they’re halting all inbox scanning later this year – meaning they will no longer scan the contents of email communications. The announcement comes as the privacy debate heats up across the globe.
July 4, 2017The EU is considering new legislation that will make it harder for the government to access encrypted information. This new amended regulation requires end-to-end encryption and eliminates the notion that encryption backdoors should be available to the government.
June 28, 2017Encryption is complicated in a lot of ways. Topics like elliptic curve cryptography and post-quantum cryptography are best left to mathematicians, and not someone like me who needs to count on his fingers to calculate a tip. And even someone who has a perfect understanding of the world’s most advanced cryptography techniques could still slip up in implementing it, since even the smallest mistake in designing a secure system may be all a snoop needs to break it apart.
June 27, 2017Over a year after the infamous Apple v. FBI case, the encryption debate has resumed, with recent global events leading to renewed conversations about whether or not unbreakable encryption should be accessible for all people at all times.
June 20, 2017United States Senate Intelligence Committee held an open hearing on FISA section 702, which is set to sunset at the end of 2017. 702 enables widespread surveillance, and we’ve been expressing concerns about it for quite some time now.
June 12, 2017Online privacy threats are everywhere! There are many risks to your privacy, whether you’re out and about with your mobile device or using the Internet at home. Which is why it’s essential to secure your connection and protect your privacy online at all times. But it can be a challenge remembering to protect your privacy every single time you grab your phone or sit down at your computer.
June 6, 2017FISA 702, a bill that enables widespread spying and surveillance in the United States, will be sunset at the end of 2017. As the deadline grows ever closer, the call for reform is being renewed – and Golden Frog has signed on to a coalition letter organized by CCIA with 30+ other organizations advocating for the law’s reform.
June 1, 2017China poses specific challenges to business because of the country’s strong censorship under the Great Firewall, which blocks or severely restricts access to many important websites and tools absolutely essential to keep business operations up and running.
May 24, 2017“Net Neutrality” has been a hot issue over the past few years. The idea is that the ISPs you pay to access the Internet should not be able to slow down or block you from accessing the websites you want to see. This is incredibly important because Internet access is crucial to our economy and touches almost every aspect of our daily lives. An ISP could slow traffic or block consumers’ ability to get to certain websites—and some have in the past. The problem is ensuring that everyone can have equal access to an open Internet going forward.
May 21, 2017