View through my glasses

Yesterday, while on a train ride home I got asked on my political views since I am wearing a pirate party keychain. Well, I explained to him that yes, my vote will go to the pirate party. And the person more or less exploded in my face demanding to know how I could vote for a ”one-issue party”. Well, then came a nice little diatribe about stealing artists material, freeloader, etc etc etc. I let him ramble on for a while and simply stated that I couldnt care less about... Read More

1984, in your computers today

Well, today is the day when the swedish government will be able to monitor all traffic that is going to cross swedish servers (i wonder how long it will take for them to realize that MOST things that goes over the internet will go abroad…. i do hope they have plenty of storage space) so, as of today I will start giving some tips on how to protest this idiocity, in a few easy steps. First up, for you bloggers. Unless you are doing like me and hosting your own servers, you... Read More

I usually dont write in swedish but..

I really cant be arsed to translate both of these articles. So, heres what Expressen has to say today. Tolgfors: Inga kompromisser Det blir inga fler kompromisser när tilläggen till FRA-lagen ska klubbas i höst.  Det beskedet ger försvarsminister Sten Tolgfors till Expressen. Därmed nobbar han centerpartisternas ansträngningar för att begränsa spionlagen. - Det har gjorts en uppgörelse mellan fyra partiledare, säger Sten Tolgfors. I går berättade Expressen att en... Read More

For what its worth (note the sarcasm and irony)

I am not sure that you know whats going around in sweden these days but it appears that now encryption software is going to be a must to keep even the semblance of privacy. Personally i have installed Tor and I am running it 100% of the time. Not due to the fact that I am engaged in criminal or terrorist activity. I am not constructing bombs to place close to the capital buildings in washington neither am I creating gas traps to place in the subway in stockholm. Now, if you ask... Read More