Author: Raymond Johansen

Ray is a writer, columnist, contributor and subeditor for a large number of groups, pages and blogs - with a wide global network. He is the International Coordinator at Pursuance Project and The Pirate Party of Norway. Furthermore he sits on the board of several organisations, including Barrett Brown's Pursuance Project. He is a Human Rights and Privacy Activist, a Hacktivist and is heavily involved in whistleblower support.

Rick Falkvinge | Liberties Report for we

by Raymond Johansen

Rick Falkvinge | Liberties Report for week 25 Australia creates web censorship at the demand of the copyright industry, ICANN is under pressure to revoke domain privacy on demand from the copyright industry, and Germany reinstates data retention, which was originally a demand from the copyright industry. This has not been a good week. http://ow.ly/OHAAv … Continue reading Rick Falkvinge | Liberties Report for we

Hacking as Offensive Counterintelligence

by Raymond Johansen

Originally posted on The XX Committee:
Washington, DC, is reeling from revelations that the Office of Personnel Management, the Federal government’s HR hub, has been extensively hacked. OPM is an obscure but important agency since it holds the personnel records of Federal workers, past and present, and even more, it conducts background investigations for security…

Dear friends – Enemies of Secret Trade D

by Raymond Johansen

Dear friends – Enemies of Secret Trade Deals / People power in action We did it! 2 million people signed our European Citizens Initiative (ECI) against TTIP (the EU-US agreement) and CETA (the EU-Canada agreement). This is a new record: no other ECI has ever reached such a high number of support. Let’s celebrate and … Continue reading Dear friends – Enemies of Secret Trade D