Privacy
British study suggests majority of people support giving up privacy to tackle coronavirus
People apparently support tracking and immunity passports.
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo breaks records
Over 100 million searches per day.
Congresswoman Tlaib leads calls for recent Capitol breach not to lead to increased tech surveillance of citizens
There is at least some support against the the incident being used to curtail civil liberties.
Brave browser makes a bold step toward allowing a decentralized web
Brave has integrated IPFS.
Activists and media take aim at Telegram for welcoming free speech and privacy lovers who reject Big Tech
Tens of millions have made the switch after recent privacy and free speech concerns of Big Tech giants.
Parler CEO John Matze refutes suggestions GPS data showed Parler users stormed the US Capitol Building
In a statement to the court, Matze said GPS metadata confirms Parler users uploaded and shared video clips of the Capitol storming, not that they were there themselves.
Microsoft, Oracle, and others join new digital vaccine passport coalition
They’re expected to integrate with smartphones and rollout this year.
Encrypted email provider Tutanota reports more than double usual signups
The exodus from Big Tech is underway.
Britain to start digital health passport trials
Supporters of privacy and human rights are, of course, concerned.
Huawei’s patent mentions use of Uighur-detecting surveillance
Proposed technology can detect people’s ethnicity from a distance, and raises several human rights concerns.
Muslim prayer app Salaat First was tracking users
Honeypots are on the rise.
Singapore confirms that police can access coronavirus contact tracing data
The government previously claimed the data would “never be accessed, unless the user tests positive for COVID-19 and is contacted by the contact tracing team.”