20.02.2014 – Martin Schulz fordert die Mitbewerber heraus, im Europawahlkampf Stellung zur digitalen Epochenwende zu beziehen. In Wahrheit steckt in seinem Artikel eine Aufforderung an die FDP. Ein Liberaler kann in dieser Sache nicht abseits stehen.


9. Januar 2014 – In der ZEIT-Befragung meinen Fachleute, die rasante Ausdehnung des digitalen Universums verlange danach, dass individuelle Grundrechte von der Politik neu formuliert werden

Blackphone Could Be the First NSA-Proof Phone

Jan. 15 2014 - An upcoming smartphone called Blackphone aims to put privacy in your hands, protecting you from anyone wanting to snoop into your private data — even the NSA.
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Privacy and control
Blackphone is the world’s first smartphone to put privacy and control ahead of everything else. Ahead of carriers. Ahead of advertising. Blackphone is re-shaping the landscape of personal communications.
Pre-ordering begins at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. February 24, 2014


January 14, 2014 – “I am proud and honored to welcome Edward Snowden to Freedom of the Press Foundation’s board of directors. He is the quintessential American whistleblower, and a personal hero of mine,” said FPF’s co-founder Daniel Ellsberg. “Leaks are the lifeblood of the republic and, for the first time, the American public has been given the chance to debate democratically the NSA’s mass surveillance programs. Accountability journalism can’t be done without the courageous acts exemplified by Snowden, and we need more like him.”