More Privacy Means More Democracy
One year from now in the United States, the presidential primary elections will be underway. No matter your political lean, you’ll want to know the facts. What do all of … Read more
Articles in “Government Surveillance”
“Tomorrow I might buy myself a sweet Munchkin Kitten”
Right from the start Firefox was designed to help people to be autonomous online. Mozilla felt that the quality of the online experience would be best if users could freely … Read more
Part 3: “Governments will demand that.”
When US General George Marshall saw Nazi propaganda films for the first time around 1940, he took away the three-time Oscar winner Frank Russell Capra and, in turn, ordered a … Read more
Part 2: “If we knew that, comrades, we wouldn’t be doing all this.”
In 1981, the GDR also conducted a census – albeit without protest. The people of East Germany had to assume either way that the state was fully informed about them, … Read more
Part 1: “You have to force them to leave tracks”
In the eighties and nineties, the right to privacy in Germany was a central demand of the civil rights movement. Millions of people took to the streets and protested against … Read more
Rebecca Ricks: Documenting corporate surveillance
Mozilla has been increasingly alarmed as Facebook has been involved in one privacy controversy after another. The news that Cambridge Analytica harvested data of Facebook users without their knowledge or … Read more
Do you need a VPN?
Early this year, the U.S. Congress rolled back Internet privacy rules, giving service providers free reign to track, store and sell browsing data. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice … Read more
Internet Health: Not a Partisan Issue
In the wake of the U.S. Presidential election and transition efforts, people across the country have been forming and discussing their opinions on divisive issues like taxes, immigration, education, health … Read more