Ken Macon
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Australian pilot combines CBDC project with carbon credit trading
The idea creates major implications.
France plots unprecedented AI surveillance for 2024 Olympics
Constant surveillance.
European Commissioner that wants to snoop on private messages has no idea how the technology works
Ylva Johansson’s confusion about end-to-end encryption is evident.
Londoners push back against invasive traffic CCTV designed to enforce “low emission zones”
The cameras are being covered up and even vandalized.
Texas introduces two bills aimed at forcing online age verification checks
A state Senate and House bill.
Following China: JP Morgan Chase wants people to pay for goods with face scans
Or through biometric palm scans.
Biden Administration demanded crackdown on “vaccine-skeptical” WhatsApp chats
Despite it being end-to-end encrypted.
Twitter tests ID verification feature
Some politicians want it enrolled to all users.
Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles is caught collecting and selling personal data
And people can’t opt-out.
Brazil had a secret program to track people’s location via cell phone
Used by the ABIN intelligence agency.
Democrat Senators call on payments companies to track gun sales
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover paused efforts over privacy complaints.