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Post-FCC Privacy Rules, Should You VPN?

March 30, 2017 admin DNS leak, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, IPv6 leak, Other, president trump, searchinternethistory.com, Tor, virtual private network, VPN

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:33:48 +0000

Many readers are understandably concerned about recent moves by the U.S. Congress that would roll back privacy rules barring broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) from sharing or selling customer browsing history, among other personal data. Some are concerned enough by this development that they’re looking at obfuscating all of their online browsing by paying for a subscription to a virtual private networking (VPN) service. This piece is intended to serve as a guidepost for those contemplating such a move.

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House Passes Long-Sought Email Privacy Bill

February 7, 2017 admin CalECPA, ECPA, eff, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Electronic Frontier Foundation, email privacy act, HR 387, Kevin Yoder, Lee Tien, Other, pen register, trap and trace

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that would update the nation’s email surveillance laws so that federal investigators are required to obtain a court-ordered warrant for access to older stored emails. Under the current law, U.S. authorities can legally obtain stored emails older than 180 days using only a subpoena issued by a prosecutor or FBI agent without the approval of a judge.