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Battle for the Net: The Future of the Internet is Up to Us
Battle for the Net will take place on Wednesday, July 12 this year. Battle for the Net is a day of action organized by Fight for the Future, to protect a free and open Internet. Battle for the Net’s goal is to protest the…
From the Frontlines of the Second Crypto Wars
We’re currently living in the midst of the Second Crypto Wars. While that may sound like the title of a campy Star Wars knock-off from the ‘80s, it’s actually the most recent iteration of a long running debate over the ubiquity of strong…
On Encryption: What You Need To Know Now
Encryption is complicated in a lot of ways. Topics like elliptic curve cryptography and post-quantum cryptography are best left to mathematicians, and not someone like me who needs to count on his fingers to calculate a tip. And even someone who has a…
Golden Frog Signs Letter Supporting Open Internet Order
Golden Frog (and our sister companies) have signed on to a letter to the Chairman of the FCC affirming our support for the Open Internet Order, and opposing its repeal. This letter is being authored by many ISPs, and as Golden Frog’s founders…
Debate Over FISA 702 Continues as Senate Holds Open Hearing
Last week, the United States Senate Intelligence Committee held an open hearing on FISA section 702, which is set to sunset at the end of 2017. 702 enables widespread surveillance, and we’ve been expressing concerns about it for quite some time now. This…
Golden Frog Action Center: Get Involved
Join our fight for a private, free, secure and open Internet experience. Sign a petition, contact your representative and get involved now. Sign a Petition, Join an Effort Privacy Save the Fourth Amendment & Protect Our Privacy Rights Join this Demand Progress effort to…
Stop the Surveillance: Golden Frog Advocates for FISA 702 Reform (Again!)
FISA 702, a bill that enables widespread spying and surveillance in the United States, will be sunset at the end of 2017. As the deadline grows ever closer, the call for reform is being renewed – and Golden Frog has signed on to…
Warrantless Searches of Cellphones, Content at US Borders Raise Privacy Concerns
Update 11/07/17: The Fly Don’t Spy campaign, a collaboration between Access Now and 33 companies and nonprofit groups, collected 50,000 signatures from around the world urging the US Department of Homeland Security to “protect human rights” and to reject any proposals to collect social media passwords…
Electricity v. Internet: Why Do We Treat the Markets Differently?
First off, Net Neutrality is not Open Internet. For our purposes here, we will focus on defining the Open Internet, and how that framework was a critical part of the Internet’s inception, while the model is identical to how many consumers choose their…
The FCC is Trying to Kill The Open Internet – What That Means and How to Stop It
This is a guest post by Kate Forscey, Associate Counsel, Government Affairs at Public Knowledge It’s safe to say we are most of us in an era of unpredictability. Take comfort, then, in this case study in predictability, for at the very least, FCC…
