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]
UK Met Police Chief Mark Rowley Hails Facial Recognition, Outlines Drone and AI Policing Plans
A face in the crowd is all it takes to be caught in the dragnet of a digital police state.
Tor Project Releases Experimental Tor VPN Beta for Android with Per-App Routing and Privacy Tools
It’s a major step for Tor on mobile, even if the software is still rough around the edges.
Bluesky Implements Age Verification in South Dakota and Wyoming
Anonymous speech is being traded for compliance, one state law at a time.
Cardiff Man Wrongly Accused of Theft After Facial Recognition Error Triggers Privacy Complaint
A shopping trip turned public shaming exposes the hidden dangers of algorithmic policing.
Pakistan Data Breach Exposes Risks of Biometric Digital ID Systems
The government keeps collecting what it can’t protect.
Cybersecurity Experts Warn EU Against Chat Control 2.0 Regulation Ahead of Key Votes
More than 500 scientists denounce EU’s encrypted message scanning as “technically infeasible.”
Ex-WhatsApp Security Chief Sues Meta Over Alleged Data Failures, Retaliation, and FTC Violations
Meta’s former WhatsApp security chief says the company buried risks so deep that protecting users became an afterthought to protecting its image.
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood Revives Digital ID Plans
Digital IDs return to the table as Mahmood ties border security to everyday identity checks.
Roblox Expands AI Facial Scanning and Digital ID Amid Growing Government Pressure
Roblox’s age checks are pitched as child safety tools but double as a blueprint for an internet where logging on increasingly means showing ID.
Age Verification Company Exposes User Data, Reinforcing Privacy Fears Over Digital ID Systems
An age-check system built to shield minors ends up exposing adults in granular digital detail.
Google Ordered to Pay $425 Million for Tracking Users Who Disabled Web & App Activity Setting
Privacy settings were more like polite suggestions than actual boundaries.
England Trials Smartphone Rail Payment System with Real-Time Phone Location Tracking
A rail upgrade in name, a surveillance system in practice, logging movements with every mile.