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]
Department of Commerce says it will stop surveilling citizens’ social media accounts for census “disinformation”
After finding it didn’t have “adequate legal authority.”
ACLU: Forced vaccine passports is a win for civil liberties
“We care deeply about civil liberties and civil rights for all – which is precisely why we support vaccine mandates.”
UK government botches vaccine passports, makes over 700,000 errors
Not only are vaccine passports an affront to civil liberties, the technology behind them is often lacking.
Vaccine Passports increase rebellion against vaccines, major UK study finds
A backfire for lawmakers.
Indonesia COVID app suffers major data leak of over 1 million people
Increasingly common with COVID apps.
Israel: vaccine passports will soon only be issued to those who’ve had 3rd dose
The goalposts have moved.
British Columbia Premier tells businesses to call police if people ignore vaccine passport rules
And no exceptions are allowed.
OpenTable seeks to normalize vaccine passports with new integration
“To help diners easily provide proof of vaccination at restaurants.”
Quebec’s vaccine passports have serious privacy flaws, exposing private information
Who could have guessed?
New York burger joint says business tanked 25% after vaccine passport mandate
Killing business as well as civil liberties.
Denmark ditches controversial vaccine passport system
A restoration of privacy and civil liberties.
