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]
OpenAI Is Ordered to Save Every ChatGPT Chat — Even the Ones You Delete
Private prompts once thought ephemeral could now live forever, thanks for demands from the New York Times.
UK Leads Global Push For Notification Data Requests
A single notification can quietly map your habits, your network, and your name.
UK Government Uses Immigration Failures to Justify Digital ID Rollout
Border chaos becomes the trojan horse for ushering in Britain’s all-in-one digital identity future.
No Phone Home Is the Privacy Rebellion Digital IDs Didn’t See Coming
The digital ID standard behind mobile IDs bakes in remote data access that governments can quietly activate. Privacy activists are pushing back.
Pakistan Uses Geofencing to Track, Disable Digital IDs of Protesters
A single protest can now cost you your identity, your mobility, and your access to the state.
Biometric Surveillance Expands: American Airlines Rolls Out Facial Recognition at Four Major Airports
Facial recognition slips past the turnstile of convenience, reshaping consent one gate at a time.
Fifth Circuit Affirms Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Cloud Storage in Dropbox Case
The ruling redraws the boundary lines for state surveillance in the cloud era with a thick constitutional marker.
T-Mobile Faces Backlash for Auto-Enabled Screen Recording in T-Life App Without User Consent
T-Mobile’s silent rollout of the T-Life screen recorder revives the oldest question in tech: who’s watching, and who gets to know?
When Data Brokers Slip Up Everyone Pays the Price
A four-month blindspot let intruders mine the guts of a system trusted by insurers, cops, and creditors alike.
French Justice Minister Proposes a Ban on Cash
A country’s war on drugs doubles as a referendum on the right to privacy.
Microsoft Faces Irish Legal Fire Over Data Practices
A courtroom first in Ireland could redraw the boundaries of data consent in Europe’s digital economy.
Texas Mandates Digital ID To Access App Store Apps
In Texas, Apple and Google will now be the bouncers at the front door of the internet, checking IDs for every app download.