Month: February 2015

  • The Netherlands to leave Britain and the US far behind as digital surveillance state

    The Netherlands to leave Britain and the US far behind as digital surveillance state

    Constitutions were initially instated to keep the State at an appropriate distance. To never give the government more power or limit citizens’ fundamental rights more than strictly necessary, and only when it’s effective. Today, in the shadow of worldwide dangers and fears, the constitution of more and more western countries has degenerated into a soothing…

  • Digital government needs a Plan O: Plan Offline

    Digital government needs a Plan O: Plan Offline

    It’s not very difficult, taking down a website or a server. „We don’t know who’s responsible for the attack on the Dutch government’s websites or how they did it, but it wasn’t necessarily a group of professional hackers. It’s not uncommon that some 16 year old learns in IT class that sites and networks can…