Privacy
The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number
The FCC just proposed fixing your robocall problem by building the kind of phone-user registry that privacy advocates have spent decades trying to prevent.
France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging
France’s parliament just endorsed the one idea every cryptographer on earth has already debunked and they’re calling it a compromise.
New Mexico’s Meta Trial Opens with Judge Wary of State’s Broad Surveillance Demands
A single state judge is being asked to build the surveillance infrastructure that Congress won’t vote on and he already sounds skeptical.
EU Targets VPNs in EU Age Verification Push
Brussels wants to close the VPN loophole, even as it insists its official age verification app remains a mere suggestion.
Travel Booking Giant to Buy Biometrics Firm for €1.2 Billion, Linking Face Scans Across Journeys
The €1.2 billion deal hands one vendor the biometric thread that links your boarding pass, your passport, and your hotel key card.
MembersThe Browser Habits That Secretly Raise Your Airfare, and the Ones That Don’t
Twenty years of privacy advice gets a stress test against the booking infrastructure built to turn your hesitation into a higher fare.
Cybersecurity Experts Demand Canada Scrap Bill C-22 Backdoor
The bill that promises not to surveil Canadians requires a year of every Canadian’s location data sitting on private servers.
EU Pushes Meta Toward Digital ID and Age Verification Under DSA, Threatens 6% Revenue Fine
Brussels just told Meta that asking users their birthday isn’t a verification system and the fix means every social media account becomes either a behavioral surveillance file or a government ID check.
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Fails: 73% Ignore It
Compliance sits at 27% and the model says it has further to fall.
Roblox Loses 12M Daily Users After Age ID Check Rollout
Half the user base is now living on a degraded version of the platform until they hand over biometric data.
Senate Panel Backs GUARD Act, AI Age Verification Bill
Every American who wants to ask a chatbot for help would need to upload a government ID, scan their face, or hand over a financial record first.
Congress Extends Section 702 Spy Program 45 Days
The 45-day extension passed without anyone being allowed to read the secret court ruling that found constitutional violations in how the program operates.