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]
Microsoft partners with banks to introduce facial recognition
More invasive technology.
Meta is sued over data collection on hospital patients
Accused of profiling people based on medical issues.
UK plots facial recognition tech for “contactless” border crossings
New privacy concerns.
If the Secret Service bans end-to-end encrypted messages, phone networks would be able to snoop on SMS texts
Privacy concerns vs public record.
New bill aims to make digital ID pervasive in the United States
New privacy concerns.
Supposedly “encrypted” app JustTalk suffers reported data breach
Allegedly not as private as it claimed.
Lawmaker says private DNA databases could be hacked to produce bioweapons to target specific people
Rep. Jason Crow says privacy protections have degraded over the years.