The UK plans to rush new surveillance requirements into effect without debate.

A Thai editor was jailed for a Facebook posting.

I did not sign a petition to make the FISA court stop profiling based on religion and a couple of other personal classifications because I think the real problem is that the FISA court is a rubber stamp for spying on people.

Helsinki plans an integrated system of public transit that would make it obsolete to have a car.

This would be a tremendous advance, except that they plan to build in total surveillance as part of the fine print. Every portable phone is a tracking device, and if you have to pay through one, that means identifying yourself to the system. That would be a big step backwards for privacy.

If we don't want to live in a world of total surveillance, we must reject and oppose every new system that collects data about all users. We must insist on designing systems so that they do not track or identify people. Helsinki's transit system should provides ways to call for a ride by calling a number, and allow paying cash.

See http://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html for more explanation, and practical recommendations.

Citizens of the UK: phone your MPs to oppose surveillance legislation being rushed through Parliament so fast there will be no time for it to be thought about.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/no-emergency-stop-the-data-retention-stitch-up