Privacy
Vaccine Passports likely to arrive in Australia before the end of the year
Australia is set to further its curtailing of civil liberties.
Vaccine passports are a privacy nightmare
If this catches on, the future is bleak.
Apple’s plan to scan users’ private photos and messages branded “mass surveillance for the entire world”
Privacy experts fear that that Apple’s new surveillance tech will constantly be expanded and misused.
Biden administration defends provision in infrastructure bill that would make it harder for decentralized Big Tech challengers
Cementing the dominance of Big Tech.
Yelp moves to normalize vaccine passports
Showing which business are adding to the encroachment on civil liberties.
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Facebook bans ad transparency researchers
Facebook is making it difficult for “misinformation” and transparency researchers to know what’s going on.
Facebook accused of researching ways to to use “encrypted” WhatsApp messages for advertising purposes
The report says Facebook is wanting to take advantage of more data. WhatsApp has partially disputed the claims.
Mastodon launches official iOS app
Apps for other operating systems will likely follow.
Banned Chinese surveillance tech is being used by US authorities to track criminals in realtime
The system could be used to find anyone anywhere.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asks private businesses to use vaccine passports
“Run a vaccine-only admission.”
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