You probably assume Google and Facebook know everything about you. You may not have heard of a group of companies who possibly know even more. They’re called data brokers…

Time and time again human rights activists and their families have been spied on, detained and even tortured — all enabled by surveillance technologies made here in the EU.

Here’s why I think Apple should buy Tesla.

Chinese government hackers are suspected of breaching the computer networks of the United States Postal Service, compromising the data of more than 800,000 employees — including the postmaster general’s.

L’Américain Jeff Barr, l’un des responsables d’Amazon Web Services, a adressé à tous un message conciliant : « Vous pouvez à présent construire des applications multirégions en ayant l’assurance que vos données restent à l’intérieur de l’Union européenne. » On est loin du concept de « cloud souverain » entièrement contrôlé par des entreprises nationales : il s’agit de passer à un « après-Snowden », mais en douceur, sans confrontation.

After the President’s statement, it is hard to imagine that the commission can hold out forever and do nothing at all. If it does, the F.C.C. will be remembered as the agency that presided over the closing of the open Internet.

Google tries to accompany people throughout their day, to generate data and then use that data for economic gain. It’s at that point where a conflict with Google seems pre-programmed. That’s where we need to negotiate.

For almost a century, our law has recognized that companies who connect you to the world have special obligations not to exploit the monopoly they enjoy over access into and out of your home or business. It is common sense that the same philosophy should guide any service that is based on the transmission of information — whether a phone call or a packet of data.