Major internet freedom, censorship circumvention, and encryption tools made by groups like Tor Project, Guardian Project, and OONI have been severely impacted by Trump’s State Department executive order freezing foreign aid

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Executive Order to the State Department Sideswipes Freedom Tools, Threatens Censorship Resistance, Privacy, and Anonymity of Millions

We want to draw attention to one of the executive orders that directly impacts the freedom tools that people around the world rely on to safeguard ...

Proton Mail @Proton claims to be “politically neutral” while praising the Republican Party

The Intercept

Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

10 years ago today I published my first Snowden documents! They were about a Canadian/UK spy program called BADASS, where monitored HTTP requests (this was before widespread HTTPS) from ad/analytics libraries in mobile apps to spy on everyone with smartphones

The Intercept

Secret 'BADASS' Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones

Britain and Canada spied on the location, apps, and device identifiers of smartphone users by piggybacking on ad and analytics software.