Rickard Falkvinge: How Today’s NSA Is Much, Much Worse Than Stasi Or Orwell’s “1984”

How Today’s NSA Is Much, Much Worse Than Stasi Or Orwell’s “1984” Privacy:  There are still people warning us of sleepwalking into a Stasi or “1984” society. They missed the boat by a long shot: we are already far, far past the point of Stasi or “1984”. The apparatus that governments have built to trace, …

Rickard Falkvinge: Further Analysis of NSA PRISM, Limited Liability of Service Providers

So Just Exactly What Is NSA’s Prism, More Than Reprehensibly Evil? Privacy: The US NSA’s PRISM program appears to be a set of specialized deep-packet inspection filters combined with pre-existing wiretapping points at high-level Internet carriers in the United States. Since the program’s revelation the day before yesterday, speculations have ranged far and wide about who …

Rickard Falkvinge: NSA as Poster Child for Government & Corporate Corruption, Collusion, & Treason

Told You So: If You Have Been Using A Centralized Comms Service, You Were Wiretapped Privacy:  This night, news broke that the USA’s security agencies have been wiretapping essentially every major centralized social service for private data. Photos, video conferences, text chats, and voice calls – everything. We have been saying this for years and …

Rickard Falkvinge: Is Bitcoin a Threat to US National Security?

Can Bitcoin Bring Down (What’s Left Of) the US Economy? Swarm Economy:  Bitcoin represents a significant threat to the currency domination of the USA, which is the only thing propping up the nation’s status as a worldwide superpower. Following the USA’s defaulting on all its international loans on August 15, 1971, the US trade balance …

Rickard Falkvinge: Swarmwise Tactica Manual to Changing the World Chapter Five

Swarmwise – The Tactical Manual To Changing The World. Chapter Five Swarm Management:  Anybody who has led guilds or raids in World of Warcraft can learn how to lead a swarm. Or, for that matter, most entrepreneurs who have led small-scale teams dependent on trust. In essence, it’s the same social and psychological mechanisms. Swarmwise …

Rickard Falkvinge: Pirate Party Tripling Seats in Europe — USA Still Moribund

With European Elections One Year Out, Pirate Representation Expected To Triple Pirate Parties:  This week, the end of May 2013, the European Elections are exactly one year out, and as things stand today, Pirate representation in the European Parliament can be expected to triple. This would follow a Swedish re-election, a German entry, and a …

Rickard Falkvinge: Prosecutor Hints That Root Domain Registry Is Criminally Liable For Copyright Monopoly Infringements On The Pirate Bay

Prosecutor Hints That Root Domain Registry Is Criminally Liable For Copyright Monopoly Infringements On The Pirate Bay Copyright Monopoly:  Prosecutors in Sweden have sued the root domain registry of .SE domains to kill the domain name of The Pirate Bay. The root registry fights back heavily. This case is important to watch, as it can …