Australia Advances National Facial Recognition Network Despite Privacy Concerns
October 17, 2025
Australia is building a biometric database of its citizens before setting the rules for who can access it.
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Australia is building a biometric database of its citizens before setting the rules for who can access it.
Anonymization promises invisibility but delivers a paper mask, easily peeled back by the same systems that claim to protect it.
Texas’s age-check law would strip users of digital privacy and restrict free speech.
A proposal meant to shield minors could hand Ottawa power over what Canadians are allowed to see online.
Bill C-9 dresses its intent in compassion while quietly redrawing the limits of public dissent.
The UK’s Ofcom now seems to believe its power supersedes the US Constitution when it comes to foreign censorship demands.
A privacy-first Android is finally stepping outside Google’s hardware shadow.
Citing Denmark and Estonia, officials skipped over the part where those systems had data breaches.
Budget gaps and thin staffing met their match in a machine that never blinks.
What begins as child protection ends as an unprecedented mandate to tag, track, and watch every digital move.
Apple and Google brace for a privacy tradeoff as Texas turns app downloads into identity checkpoints.
The move from watching crowds to identifying individuals is no longer hypothetical in Hong Kong.
Australia is building a biometric database of its citizens before setting the rules for who can access it.
Anonymization promises invisibility but delivers a paper mask, easily peeled back by the same systems that claim to protect it.
Texas’s age-check law would strip users of digital privacy and restrict free speech.
A proposal meant to shield minors could hand Ottawa power over what Canadians are allowed to see online.
Bill C-9 dresses its intent in compassion while quietly redrawing the limits of public dissent.
The UK’s Ofcom now seems to believe its power supersedes the US Constitution when it comes to foreign censorship demands.
A privacy-first Android is finally stepping outside Google’s hardware shadow.
Citing Denmark and Estonia, officials skipped over the part where those systems had data breaches.
Budget gaps and thin staffing met their match in a machine that never blinks.
What begins as child protection ends as an unprecedented mandate to tag, track, and watch every digital move.
Apple and Google brace for a privacy tradeoff as Texas turns app downloads into identity checkpoints.
The move from watching crowds to identifying individuals is no longer hypothetical in Hong Kong.
Fight censorship and surveillance. Reclaim your digital freedom.
Get news updates, features, and alternative tech explorations to defend your digital rights.
