Exactly two year ago, we discussed the European Council’s plan to implement laws that would require messaging platforms to scan users’ messages and shared contents for information that could potentially… Read More »EU Chat-Control: An Update
For years now, democratic Western states have been repeatedly exposed to cyber attacks that are apparently or even demonstrably coordinated and carried out by other states. In principle, cyberattacks can… Read More »Cyberattacks on democracy
Protest is an integral part of democracies and an essential right of citizens within such functional democracies. If protest is happening within less liberal regimes, it quickly can become dangerous… Read More »Blurring Digital Footprints during Protests
Quantum computers have been a sometimes more and sometimes less hotly debated topic in information technology since the 1990s. The promises of the technology are many-sided, and especially because of… Read More »Quantum Computing and Encryption
On April 21, 2021, the European Union (EU) proposed new artificial intelligence (AI) legislation called the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act or the European AI Regulation. This proposed legislation is… Read More »The European AI Regulation – Pros & Cons
In our everyday lives, the terms “data protection”, “data security” and “privacy” are often used in the same sentence and sometimes even as synonyms for each other. Although these terms… Read More »Data Protection, Data Security and Privacy
For several years now, the consensus in IT security has been that the simple login procedure with name and password alone is neither up-to-date nor secure enough for an increasingly… Read More »More Security through Multi-Factor Authentication
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force in the European Union, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway for more than 4 years. Since then, this regulation has set a… Read More »European Courts increasingly insist on Compliance with the GDPR
Our daily life in the digital space is determined by American and increasingly Asian companies and platforms. So what about European digital independence and European sovereignty? Do we need more… Read More »European Digital Sovereignty
“Almost everyone in the world will be identifiable” – This quote comes from an investor meeting of the US company Clearview AI, which specializes in face recognition using artificial intelligence… Read More »Face Recognition and its Impact on Privacy
