Ken Macon
Ken is a teacher and contributor who focuses on researching and reporting on mass surveillance and privacy rights across the world. [email protected]
ID Verification Breach Exposes Millions of Sensitive Identity Documents
The push to make people show ID to access the internet assumes those documents will stay secure. A database of 153 million license scans shows how reckless that assumption is.
New Zealand Digital ID Plans Surface As Online "Safety" Bill Stumbles
The bill may be stuck, but the identity infrastructure is already being assembled.
Missouri Online ID Law Requires Adults to Verify Their Age Online
The state has turned the familiar privacy tradeoff into a statutory requirement, with penalties attached.
Pennsylvania Sues Snapchat Over Lack of Age Verification
Pennsylvania says Snapchat’s age gate fails children, but its proposed fix would mean verifying everyone who uses the app.
MembersNo Camera, No Problem: Wi-Fi Can See You Now
Nothing about this is illegal, secret, or even particularly new, and that is sort of the problem.
Judge Lets California Social Media Feed Limits Stay in Force
Protecting kids is the stated goal. Handing over your identity is the price.
Report: AliExpress Caught Fingerprinting Users Through Hidden Audio
He wanted his notifications back and got a lesson in browser telemetry instead.
Google Starts Asking for Developers' Papers on September 30
The thing that made Android worth choosing is now a setting you have to search for.
9 Million Images Exposed by People Finder ClarityCheck
Exposures like this get more likely as data brokers collect more and governments demand ID to get online.
Google Wins Spirit Airlines Data Auction for $10 Million
The airline stopped flying in May. Its records are still going places.
MembersWas Your Plate Searched on Flock? How to Check and Request Records
How to search Flock Safety audit logs, read a hit, and file a public records request for your license plate.
Flock Cameras Come to Norman, Despite Council Rejection
The council controls the police department. It does not control the sheriff, the commissioners, or the homeowners association on the other side of the fence.