Privacy
Biden Endorses Legislation That Would Require Online Platforms To Check Age (and Therefore ID) Of Users
The march towards digital ID.
MembersAn Experiment For The Future of Decentralized Private Messaging
A promising framework.
UK Ministry of Justice Invests in Social Listening Tool
Monitoring online conversations.
Russia’s CBDC, The Digital Ruble, To Begin in August
A centralized power grab.
Cameroon To Flood Its Largest City With Mass Surveillance
A surveillance city.
Child Abuse Survivor Sues Meta For Scanning Messages
Meta scanning private messages is hindering the work of a support group.
EU Tries To Justify Support For Scanning Private Messages With Manipulative Public Poll Results
Leaving the public in the dark about what it entails.
Eyeball-Scanning Global ID System Worldcoin Launches
The dystopian technology is rolling out globally but is facing regulatory scrutiny in the US.
Bill That Would Push For Online ID Checks Is Scheduled For Markup This Week
The new laws would mandate online platforms to check age of users, undermining online privacy in the name of protecting kids.
Bipartisan Senate War on Drugs Bill Targets Private Messaging
The bill could effectively ban end-to-end encryption on messaging apps.
Amazon Wants To Bring Palm Payments To All Whole Foods Stores By The End of 2023
A centralized biometric database.
FedNow Is Here, and The Federal Reserve Says It’s Not a CBDC (But It Would Make One Easier To Implement)
The Fed’s constant protestations that FedNow isn’t a CBDC is suspicious.