Privacy
Tech platforms support New York bill to ban invasive geofence warrants
Data often gets handed over on everyone in an area at a certain time, or everyone who searched for certain keywords.
Google introduces new wallet with support for digital IDs and vaccine cards
Digital ID cards are being normalized by Big Tech.
The EU wants to scan all chat messages, using the guise of combating child abuse
Platforms would be forced to scan conversations, even those that are supposed to be end-to-end encrypted.
EU votes to extend vaccine passes until at least summer 2023
Continuing with the controversial check-point society.
VPN providers question their future in India after anti-privacy law introduction
A new law would require them to collect logs.
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Canada’s health authorities tracked people’s phones during the pandemic
Citizens weren’t told.
Ireland considered full-blown surveillance state in response to Covid, book alleges
They only implemented some of the originally-considered measures.
Staten Island DA purchased controversial social media facial recognition software
Using civil forfeiture cash.
UK asks Elon Musk to discuss Twitter user authentication as it pushes bill that mandates age verification tech
Musk has signaled that he’ll respect anonymity whereas the UK bill contains no protections for anonymous users.
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