Category: Privacy
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The KIDS Act’s Next Stop Is the Senate. Make Your Voice Count.
It’s the closest Congress has come to passing an online digital ID bill in four years of trying.
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Reddit to Require Login for Old Reddit, Curbing Anonymous Browsing
The determined scrapers will just register accounts and keep harvesting, leaving the anonymous human reader as the only one actually…
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Democrats Pick Up the Global Digital ID Agenda in Project 2029
A bid to end online anonymity under the premise of child safety.
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Discord’s New Face-Scan Vendor Comes with a Familiar Promise
The service that once asked for nothing but a username now wants your face and your government ID.
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The House Just Voted for KOSA, a Privacy and Free Speech Disaster
The Senate is the next stop closer to an identity-gated internet becoming the law of the land.
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Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Failed. The Government’s Fix Is to Double the Fines
The fines just doubled for a law that eighty-five percent of Australian teenagers already ignore.
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Geofence Warrants Trigger Fourth Amendment Protections
Carrying a phone through the wrong neighborhood no longer counts as consent to a government search.
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Brussels Could Reopen the Fight to Scan Your Private Chats
Lawmakers killed this in March but Brussels is back four months later asking for a do-over.
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Google’s New reCAPTCHA Wants Your Camera Access and 21 Points of Your Hand
The same company that monetizes everything you do online would like to switch on your camera.
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Canada’s Bill C-8, Explained, and What It Means for Your Privacy
One signature now lets the government collect your location, your browsing history, and your metadata without ever asking a judge.
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How a Ticket Check at MSG Became a Biometric Dragnet and Four Lawsuits
The turnstile that used to check your ticket now measures your face, scores you, and files you away.
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Brazil Requires Biometrics for Pensions, Even After Data Leak
The agency now demanding everyone’s face and fingerprints leaked the records of 2 million Brazilians a month ago.