Privacy
California county is sued for banning physical mail for prisoners
Inmates have to have their mail digitally scanned.
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New York plots digital driver’s licenses this year
Moving towards digital forms of ID.
Disney asks judge to unmask online leakers
The Marvel Studios owner wants a judge to force Reddit and Google to reveal those behind accounts that leak script information.
Brave’s VPN and firewall arrive on desktop
Finally available on Mac and Windows.
Eric Schmidt testifies that there should be no “true anonymity” when accessing generative AI platforms
A proposal to expand the digital surveillance dragnet.
Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil organizers are imprisoned over refusal to hand over data
Increasingly authoritarian.
Santa Clara county denies Covid surveillance claims
Following a lawsuit.
FBI admits to buying geolocation data
Seemingly by obtaining data without a warrant.
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Bill Gates checks in with the digital ID project he’s funding in Bangalore
Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.