Coronacrisis

Die Krise als Hebel für Überwachung und Kontrolle

Weltweit bauen demokratische Staaten Grundrechte ab, um gegen das Coronavirus vorzugehen. Manchen Regierungen scheint das aber nur ein vordergründiges Anliegen zu sein. Leichtfertig abgesegnet...

Tool nodig om te videobellen? Probeer Jitsi

Je leven staat op z'n kop. Iedereen maakt zich nieuwe gewoontes én nieuw gereedschap eigen. De afgelopen week hebben we veel vragen gekregen over...

Hansel and Gretel and the Virus: Privacy Conscious Contact Tracing

In an effort to monitor or control the spread of COVID-19 (aka the Corona virus), countries have turned to invasive forms of surveillance based...

Digital Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis

This is the start of a pandemic. The new challenges facing our society are enormous and we can only overcome them by working together....

Human Rights Watch: “Corona wordt het nieuwe terrorisme”

"Corona wordt het nieuwe terrorisme, het nieuwe excuus voor regeringen om burgerlijke vrijheden in te perken." Het persbericht van Human Rights Watch van dinsdag...

EFF and COVID-19: Protecting Openness, Security, and Civil Liberties

EFF and its members work to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic...

Governments Haven’t Shown Location Surveillance Would Help Contain COVID-19

As our society struggles with COVID-19, far narrower “big data” surveillance proposals may emerge. Perhaps public health professionals will show that such proposals are...

Spying on everyone to combat COVID-19 will further erode civil liberties just like 9/11, privacy advocates warn

Tracking entire populations now with electronic surveillance, facial recognition, and biosecurity sensors to combat the coronavirus pandemic will inevitably mean even more invasive forms...

UK privacy activists raise fears over social distancing tracking

Privacy campaigners have warned that a UK government plan to use mobile phone data to track the success of the social distancing policy needs...

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