Privacy
Flock Cameras Come to Norman, Despite Council Rejection
The council controls the police department. It does not control the sheriff, the commissioners, or the homeowners association on the other side of the fence.
California Digital ID Age Law Faces New Platform Appeal
The regulations were drafted while the constitutional question was still open, which tells you something about how confident the state is.
Ruben Gallego Social Media Bill Gives FTC Authority Over Age Verification Methods
The bill asks platforms to know something that the only way it can know is through ID checks.
Police Launch Live Facial Recognition Trial at London Subway Stations
Victoria Station handles a crowd the size of a small city every morning. The trial runs four months.
Our VPN Comparison Tool Is Going Public
The tool lists independent no-logs audits, named audit firms, audit dates, and court-tested claims.
Axel Springer, Politico, and USA TODAY: Palantir's Expanding Newsroom Client List
Behavioral profiling used to be something the ad tech vendor did on the other side of the glass. Now it's a line item in the publisher's own growth strategy.
Brazil Law Makes VPN Use an Aggravating Factor in Crimes as the First Lady Pushes For a Discord Ban
Brazil's virtual patrol rule also lets police pull connection data with no warrant.
Xbox Age Checks Hit Australian Adults Buying 18+ Games
Every adult hands over a face or a document, and the children the rule is aimed are are still playing.
MembersTotal Coverage, Optional Oversight
Surveillance companies do not promise their systems will never be abused. They promise the abuse will be caught, which is a different promise and a much smaller one.
Apple Private Relay Bug Leaks Real IP in Safari
Under some conditions, the traffic leaves the iPhone directly and never touches the relay the subscriber is paying for.
WhatsApp Starts Asking Some Indian Users for a Date of Birth
India's IT Secretary says the government will check with WhatsApp about its DPDP age verification methods.
Meta Fined $567M in Ruling That Points to Digital ID
Nothing in the order says "show us your ID" but everything downstream of the order does.