Privacy

As AI Surveillance Increases, so Do the Attempts to Evade It

Gavin Newsom Announces Digital IDs for California

Coming this year.

California’s New Digital License Plates Made Cars Trackable by Hackers

Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities.

Australia Is Concerned It Can’t Stop “Misinformation” in Private Conversations

Fresh attempts to try and undermine a right to privacy.

The Data Brokers Being Paid by the US Federal Government

In 2023, Everyone Wants to Scan Your Face

UK Plans to Allow Departments to More Easily Share More Citizens’ Personal Data for Digital ID Verification

Potentially including the most highly sensitive details.

Delta Introduces Facial Recognition to Match With Digital ID for More “Convenient” Travel

A big push for digital ID and facial recognition.

Digital ID Scanning Is Now Mandatory to Purchase Tobacco Products in Nevada

Another push to digitize ID systems.

Justin Amash Says Former House Leaders Would Team Up to Stop Him From Ending Surveillance on Americans

From both sides of the aisle.

The Way You Walk Is Apparently as Unique as Your Fingerprint and the UAE Wants to Use It to Track Criminals

More uses for CCTV.

Georgia Man Is Falsely Arrested After Facial Recognition Tech Gets It Wrong

Another story about low accuracy from the privacy-invasive tech.