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]
House To Vote On Bill Blocking Federal Flock Data Access
The bill targets the federal pipeline, not the surveillance cameras already blooming locally.
FTC Probes Block Over Frozen Square Accounts and Locked Funds
Debanking by app: FTC probes Block over frozen Square accounts, withheld funds, and a missed subpoena deadline.
Delhi Cuts Mobile Internet During Youth Protest Over Voter Roll Revision
The shutdown reached beyond phones, touching transit, delivery apps, digital payments, and the right to be present.
The Hotel Room Was Once A Privacy Barrier. AI Is Removing It
Your backdrop may reveal where you are, even when your caption says nothing at all.
MembersBig Brother Inside, Revisited
A used CPU becomes a paper trail, a punishment, and a preview of computing’s next privacy fight.
Report: White House Fears UK Apple iCloud Backdoor Targets Trump, Farage
The UK wants a way into your iCloud. Washington is starting to wonder who it might be used on.
DOJ Says Flock Camera Data Is Not Protected By Fourth Amendment
The government’s answer to omnipresent surveillance is that omnipresent surveillance is normal.
Florida Seeks Meta ID Checks For All Users
Florida is asking the court to make privacy the price of admission for Meta’s platforms.
Federal Judge Calls License Plate Readers a Form of Mass Surveillance
The ruling found access to a month of license plate location data violated the Fourth Amendment.
MembersHow a US Federal Drug Program Built a National Surveillance Network
The constitutional question changes once a city’s modest camera network joins everyone else’s.
Google Challenges Las Vegas Keyword Search Warrant
The warrant wants a crowd, not a suspect, and Google is asking whether that is constitutional.
Florida Woman Arrested After Claude Flags Her Chatbot Diary Entry
Carli Michelle Heller treated Claude like a journal. Claude treated it like evidence.