Privacy
Xbox Now Wants Your Face to Let You Play Games You Already Own in Singapore
Microsoft wants your face, your passport, or your national ID, just to keep playing the games sitting on your account.
Secret Grand Jury Convened to Unmask Anonymous Government Critic on Reddit
The government lost its case in open court, so it moved the whole thing behind closed doors.
Massachusetts House Passes Social Media Age Verification Digital ID Bill
Every adult in Massachusetts would have to hand their ID to a tech company just to keep scrolling.
Idaho Bans Mandatory Digital ID With New Privacy Law
In a country racing to put every ID on a screen, Idaho just wrote the right to say “no” into law.
EU Says EUDI Wallet Is Voluntary; Germany’s SPD Plan Says Otherwise
You don’t set an 80% adoption target for something you genuinely intend to keep optional.
MembersCongress Mandated the Backdoors That Got Hacked and Is Trying to Demand More
A backdoor doesn’t check credentials. Once it exists, it’s a target for anyone with the skill to find it.
Reno Police Sued After Wrongful Arrest Based on Facial Recognition Errors
The officer who arrested him later admitted under oath it never should have happened, and that doing it this way was department policy.
Meta To Comply With Florida Age Verification Digital ID Law
The state that wants to protect children online first needs every adult in Florida to hand over their ID.
MembersHow Your Weather App Became a Surveillance Machine — and How to Escape It
The forecast is free, but you’ve been paying for it with every place you’ve ever visited.
OkCupid Gave 3M Users’ Photos to AI Firm, FTC Says
The regulatory price for handing three million people’s dating photos to a facial recognition startup turned out to be a promise to behave.
US & EU Negotiate Biometric Data-Sharing Deal
A European whose fingerprints end up in a US enforcement database by mistake would have to fix it through American courts.
Apple Removes Bitchat from China App Store at Cyberspace Administration Order
The app that needs no internet, no servers, and no user accounts turned out to be exactly the kind of thing Beijing can’t let exist.