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]
Amazon, Starbucks Face Lawsuit Over Biometric Use in Stores
More privacy concerns.
Google Develops Technology That Can Detect People in Photos Without Seeing Their Face
People can now be detected in other ways.
Apple Creates Tech That Allows People to Present Digital ID to Businesses
The growing normalization of digital ID.
The UK Launches $1.8 Billion Bidding War to Upgrade Satellite System Named SKYNET
An odd choice for a name.
BIS Plans to Use AI to Monitor Global Bank Transactions
New heights of surveillance.
Exposed: The UK Company Subjecting Your Social Media Posts to State Surveillance
Logically is partnered with Big Tech platforms.
UK Surveillance Concerns Increase as London Police Could Be Given Access to Controversial Low-Emission Zones Cameras
To reinforce the already-disliked societal control mechanisms.
Kennedy Criticizes Ukraine’s Digital ID Project
And how the US is helping to fund it.
The EU Wants All Citizens to Have a Digital ID by 2030
Increasing funding.
Microsoft and Visa to Assist Brazil’s CBDC Plot
Helping centralize power.