Privacy
Los Angeles School District partners with Microsoft to introduce COVID-19 “Daily Pass” app for kids
The app requires kids to complete a daily health check and encourages them to schedule weekly COVID-19 tests and get a vaccine.
EU to propose digital “green pass” vaccine certificate this month
Countries within the region are divided.
College’s lockdown-violation snitching app that uses public relief funds faces scrutiny
The app is accused of invading privacy.
Free speech social network Gab hacked, private posts, hashed passwords, and more have been stolen
A group is planning to share the hacked data with some “journalists, social scientists, and researchers.”
Clearview AI is taking facial recognition privacy invasion case to the Supreme Court
Some jurisdictions have ruled their practices have been illegal.
Judge demands answers from Google after learning “Incognito mode” doesn’t ensure privacy
The activity isn’t recorded for you but it is for Google.
UK spy agency’s plans to target online “disinformation” avoids media scrutiny
Little transparency.
This extension lets you know when a website is secretly phoning home to Big Tech
The extent of the monopoly.
European Union planning to introduce digital vaccine passports within three months
Another blow to civil liberties.
UK looks set to embrace World Economic Forum’s idea of immunity passports
The system they said would never happen appears to be arriving soon.