{:en}ISOC-CH Statement on Ordinance of Gambling Law{:}{:de}Stellungnahme zu Geldspielverordnung{:}

The Public Consultation on the Ordinance of the gambling law ended yesterday. ISOC-CH has submitted a statement expressing general concerns on network blocking and raised several issues with the ordinance in particular. Mainly, the Ordinance is too general allowing all blocking methods from DNS Blocking to Deep Packet inspection (incl. crack encryption) as applied e.g. Read more...

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{:en}Gambling law undermines Internet-Security{:}{:de}Geldspielgesetz spielt Betrügern in die Hände{:}{:fr}La loi sur les jeux d’argent fragilise internet {:}

This article is only available in the follwoing languages: French (fr): https://www.isoc.ch/fr/archives/3305 German (de): https://www.isoc.ch/de/archives/3305

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Recent revelations of exposure of users' Facebook data

The Swiss Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-CH) has taken good notice of the statement by the Internet Society regarding the recent revelations of exposure of users’ Facebook data, see: https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/sorry-just-isnt-enough-businesses-must-better-comes-peoples-data In addition ISOC-CH endorses the following statement by Privacy International: https://medium.com/@privacyint/move-swiftly-so-they-stop-breaking-things-474dce7f88cd

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A Collaborative Effort for pretty Easy privacy (p≡p)

Since the 2013 Snowden revelations of mass surveillance, the level of trust in Internet services has plunged. While discussions around privacy protection have advanced considerably, little progress has been achieved in designing operational tools that can be used on a daily basis by citizens around the world without a need to reconfigure their digital communications Read more...

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{:en}50'000 signatures against network blocking in gambling law{:}{:de}50'000 Unterschriften gegen Netzsperren im Geldspielgesetz beisammen{:}

Today 50’000 signatures for a public vote on the network blocking in the gambling law where handed over. Press release in German: Medienmitteilung: 50’000 Unterschriften gegen Netzsperren im Geldspielgesetz beisammen Referendum gegen Netzsperren im Geldspielgesetz Einreichung der Unterschriften heute Nachmittag in Bern 18. Januar 2018 Gleich drei Komitees haben Unterschriften gegen Netzsperren im Geldspielgesetz gesammelt. Read more...

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