Privacy
US Postal Service wants to provide digital ID and collect more biometric data
It envisions this digital ID being used in the public and private sector.
Rapidly increasing surveillance products used to tackle gun crime are raising privacy concerns
“We have no idea how this can be used.”
Chicago cops team up with FBI to create fake social media profiles
The practice is used widely by many police departments, despite legal challenges.
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SWIFT begins preparing for centrally-controlled digital currencies
Government-controlled currencies.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to create new police unit to increase social media monitoring
The recent Buffalo mass shooting is being used to usher in new surveillance.
South Australia introduces prospect of jail time for breaking strict Covid restrictions
Some of the strictest vaccine passport mandates in the world.
World Health Organization pandemic treaty: A fresh push for vaccine passports, global surveillance, and more
The unelected international health agency is on the verge of being granted sweeping new powers.
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Taiwan combines vaccine passport with digital ID number
Are other countries destined to do the same?
