Privacy
$1.7 trillion spending bill requires platforms to verify ID of those earning $5,000 revenue per year
And collect sellers’ other sensitive data including bank account details and tax ID.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams: “Big Brother is protecting you”
Supporting surveillance.
Russia expands invasive biometric pay technology on Metro
Customers pay with their face.
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Eufy responds to criticism of its “no cloud” privacy controversy
Questions have been raised about where data gets stored.
TikTok spied on US journalists and other US users, monitored their location
Highlighting the privacy concerns many have raised about the social media app.
Lawmakers push back against FBI facial recognition tech
For violating civil liberties.
New report shows extent of Apple’s censorship for China and Russia’s governments
VPNs and private browsing apps are the main types of apps that are unavailable in these countries.
Radio City Music Hall uses facial recognition to keep out blacklisted guests
A mother was kicked out after being detected.
UK ISP Three is blocking private email service Tutanota
“ISPs must not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access.”
Meta likely has your phone number and email, even if you never shared them. Here’s how to delete this data.
A little known data deletion tool.
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