2FA, HTTPS and private browsing still a mystery to most Americans
Most US adults know what phishing scams are and where they occur, what browser cookies do, and that advertising is the largest source of revenue for most social media …
net neutrality
Guidelines for assessing ISPs’ security measures in the context of net neutrality
According to the EU’s net neutrality regulation, called the Open Internet Regulation, which came into force in 2016, internet providers should treat all internet traffic to …
California Governor signs strong net neutrality protections into law
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 822, the strongest and most comprehensive state-level net neutrality bill in the country. The bill passed the state …
US repeals net neutrality rules, what happens now?
Net neutrality rules have been officially repealed in the US on Monday, as the Restoring Internet Freedom Order by the Federal Communications Commission went into effect. The …
California Senate votes to restore net neutrality rules
The California State Senate voted yesterday in favor of a bill aimed at restoring the net neutrality protections put in place by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015, …
US Senate votes to save net neutrality
The US Senate has voted in favor of net neutrality by approving a Congressional Review Act resolution that would undo the Federal Communications Commission’s December …
WWW inventor Tim Berners-Lee opposes encryption backdoors
As the de-facto inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s opinions on things like online privacy and encryption backdoors should carry a lot more weight than …
Definitive EU net neutrality guidelines released
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has published the final guidelines aimed at helping EU member states’ National Regulatory …
EFF: T-Mobile breaks net neutrality rules with Binge On service
In February 2015, the FCC has approved net neutrality rules “to preserve the Internet as a platform for innovation, free, expression and economic growth.” In …
Europe’s new “net neutrality” regulation is full of loopholes
The European Parliament voted yesterday for a Regulation on a Single Market for Electronic Communications. The new regulation brings a complete ban on roaming charges for …
Four things to know about new net neutrality rules
Net neutrality is crucial to the future development of the Internet. It is the principle that all online traffic should be treated equally, regardless of the type of content …
Obama backs net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility
The US president has sided with net neutrality advocates and has encouraged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify consumer broadband service from a …