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]
California Digital ID Age Law Faces New Platform Appeal
The regulations were drafted while the constitutional question was still open, which tells you something about how confident the state is.
Axel Springer, Politico, and USA TODAY: Palantir's Expanding Newsroom Client List
Behavioral profiling used to be something the ad tech vendor did on the other side of the glass. Now it's a line item in the publisher's own growth strategy.
Xbox Age Checks Hit Australian Adults Buying 18+ Games
Every adult hands over a face or a document, and the children the rule is aimed are are still playing.
Apple Private Relay Bug Leaks Real IP in Safari
Under some conditions, the traffic leaves the iPhone directly and never touches the relay the subscriber is paying for.
WhatsApp Starts Asking Some Indian Users for a Date of Birth
India's IT Secretary says the government will check with WhatsApp about its DPDP age verification methods.
Tower Dumps Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules
Tower dumps can place people inside homes, clinics, shelters, and polling sites, the Mississippi order warns.
Second Circuit Strikes Down New York City Law Forcing Apps to Share Customer Data
A restaurant taking a DoorDash order sees a first name and a last initial but a new law would have sent the rest.
Italy's Draft AI Decree Lets Police Take the Biometrics of Everyone at a Protest
The government's defense is that collection and recognition are two different stages, seven days apart.
Wichita Machinist Sues City to Shut Down Flock License Plate Camera Network
The suit asks Kansas courts to read the state constitution as protecting more than the Fourth Amendment does.
Pritzker Signs Law Making Devices Report Every User's Age Bracket to Apps
The state overreaches and weighs in on what time kids should switch off.
Apple Challenges UK iCloud Backdoor Order
The order is a crime for Apple to describe, so British users learn what happens to their privacy rights from court paperwork and leaks.
Google To Expand Play Age Signals API to All Users Worldwide
Google Play's age verification API goes global by end of 2026, timed to new laws in Texas, Alabama, Brazil, the UK, and more.