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Paul Bernal
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Paul Bernal's personal blog at paulbernal.wordpress.com covers politics and security. Since 2012, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-12-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Writing on internet privacy and freedom, including criticism of Facebook's real-name policy. One commenter names it as one of two blogs they follow for privacy news.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Privacy, Human Rights, Law, The Internet, Politics and more
What Hacker News says?
> When Facebook makes you use a real name it's not because theres some "Mr. Evil" at the top level plotting to steal your freedom, it's because it leads to a better working social network. You clearly have not thought of the situations where using your real name can be dangerous (see for example activists) or just plain misleading for the purpose of the page (see for example, famous authors etc.). The factors of rea…
Comment linking /2012/12/27/10-reasons-to-leave-facebook/
on “Reasons not to use Facebook”Submitted Four fears for authoritarians as a story · 263 points
HN discussion> Looking for some good blogs and website to follow to keep myself updated with recent news in internet privacy and internet freedom. https://www.privacyrights.org and https://www.epic.org you'll find many informations in both sites. Two blogs I follow are https://paulbernal.wordpress.com and http://theprivacyblog.com
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on “Ask HN: Suggest Some Websites Related to Internet Privacy and Net Neutrality”Submitted Questions about Cameron’s ‘new’ porn-blocking as a story · 250 points
HN discussionSubmitted Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name as a story · 218 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Snoopers’ Charter: Shameful Opportunism as a story · 47 points
HN discussionSubmitted A few words on privilege as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why does the government always get it wrong? as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Few Words on ‘Internet Connection Records’ as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Facebook’s updated terms and conditions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why do governments always get Internet policy wrong? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted IPhones, fingerprints and privacy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My porn-blocking blog post got porn-blocked as a story · 1 points
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