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]
Dancing Spot Robots Will Surveil the 2026 World Cup
Boston Dynamics built a surveillance platform that knows how to dance.
DOJ Sought YouTube Subscriber Data
The protection this judge offered could vanish the moment every account carries a verified government ID.
Seattle Children’s Hospital Spied on Searches, Parents Tell WA Court
A snippet of code sat quietly on the hospital’s site and mailed every parent’s search straight to Facebook.
Samsung Throws Its Support Behind Digital ID
Samsung is the last of the big three to ask for your face, which is exactly how a demand becomes a default.
California’s New Age-Verification Bill Frees Linux But Expands Age Tracking to the Open Web
California fixed the most obvious problem with its age-tracking law but replaced it with a version that follows you across the entire internet.
MembersThe Strange Truth Behind The New WhatsApp Privacy Lawsuits
End-to-end encrypted, with asterisks nobody reads.
Even Google Warns Canada Bill C-22 Creates Surveillance Backdoors
The bill is in real trouble when even Google, a company that built its empire on knowing everything about you, thinks a government’s surveillance plan goes too far.
Use A VPN, Says Canadian Government That Wants VPN Logs
The government posted “use a VPN” the same week two VPN companies threatened to leave rather than comply with a new surveillance bill.
Disney Faces $5M Lawsuit Over Disneyland Facial Recognition
The lawsuit lands as facial recognition quietly becomes the price of admission at stadiums, airports, and more.
Oklahoma Sues Roblox, but the “Fix” Is Biometric Checks
The lawsuit designed to protect children from surveillance essentially mandates a biometric surveillance system for 150 million users.
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
Britain’s civil liberties are eroding one deployment at a time.
Canada Says Critics Don’t Understand Its Surveillance Bill
They do. That’s the problem.