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]
The EU’s COVID digital pass system has gone live
“We want to offer Europeans a new digital identity.”
Court documents show Google admits privacy is almost impossible on Android
Google’s in court statements are different to what it says in public.
UK: How to opt-out of the NHS’s imminent data grab
The deadline to opt-out is September 2021. Share this guide with family and friends.
Professors: Israel’s backfiring vaccine passport “irreconcilable with basic principles of the medical profession”
An invasion of civil liberties and does more harm than good, experts say.
UK mass surveillance program ruled illegal
An abuse of privacy.
UK Vaccine Recipients Were Secretly Surveilled
A shocking revelation.
UK says it will fine Facebook if it allows private messaging
The UK government doesn’t want people to be able to communicate if it can’t read the messages.
Alberta drops plans for surveilling citizens with drones
The proposals received much backlash.
Biden administration accused of using private messaging apps to avoid transparency
All while calling for a ban on end-to-end encryption for everyone else.
Most Americans don’t agree with the massive pandemic data grab
The results show people don’t actually want the “health tools” that have scooped up massive amounts of data.
New report alleges Apple compromises iCloud security, providing encryption keys to Chinese government
Apple is accused of contradicting its stance of privacy.
Pentagon (unsurprisingly) accused of warrantless surveillance
The Pentagon has reportedly being buying private data on citizens.