Dragon con cosplayers fight for online anonymity and privacy

Dragon Con Cosplayers Fight for Online Anonymity and Privacy

ByIris Doubleday

During this year’s annual Dragon Con pop culture convention in Atlanta, Georgia, cosplayers are teaming up with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), sci-fi blog io9, and a coalition of fan communities to launch “Project Secret Identity,” a cosplay photo campaign to raise awareness about the importance of anonymity and privacy. For those who don’t know,…

U. S. Government declares online storage not protected under fourth amendment rights

U.S. Government Declares Online Storage Not Protected Under Fourth Amendment Rights

ByJane Scearce

In a major setback for digital privacy advocates, the U.S. government has made an official statement as part of an ongoing case with Microsoft that digital content does not have the same rights of privacy and protection as physical content. Complicating matters further is that the case in question involves a Microsoft account stored on servers…