Privacy
Gates Foundation Boosts Funding for Digital ID Projects
Data sharing systems.
The Digital Dollar Will Not Be Anonymous, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Says
Erasing the anonymity of physical cash and privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.
India to Require Citizens to Register ID to Use Email, Communication Apps
Attempts to strip privacy.
Facebook Censors Wife of FBI Whistleblower
Account locked.
Report: Germany Has Charged or Punished Over 1,000 People for “Online Speech-Related Crimes” Since 2018
Dedicated units are seizing citizens’ devices and scouring social media for “insults.”
New Zealand Expands Surveillance Network That Was Used to Hunt Down Three Covid-Positive Women
Rolling out across more regions.
USPS Used Online Surveillance to Spy on Protesters
An increasing habit.
Apple’s Privacy Claims Are Undermined by Turning Over Data to Law Enforcement With Little Challenge
While its iPhones are considered secure, its iCloud backups are not end-to-end encrypted.
Denmark’s New Digital ID System Risks Locking Some People Out of Society
New system introduced this week.