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]
Microchipping humans is already a thing
People are already using it for payments.
Hitachi wants people to pay for goods with their fingerprint
The tech also scans finger veins.
Nigeria ties all SIM cards to national ID system
Hindering privacy rights.
Massachusetts ruling: Cops can’t get cell tower data dumps on citizens’ data without warrant
The data for over 50,000 people was collected without a warrant.
Saskatchewan pauses plans for digital ID after backlash
Major privacy concerns.
Vietnam to introduce vaccine passports
Another country to curb civil liberties.
Senator Elizabeth Warren says “it’s time” for a centrally controlled digital currency
The pro-regulation senator throws her support behind the controversial idea.
Apple and Meta handed over user data to fake emergency law enforcement requests
Hackers have been selling access to data.
Canada School of Public Service panel proposes digital IDs tied to vaccine passports
The next big threat to privacy.