Privacy
MembersTwenty-Five Years After 9/11, the Surveillance Buildout Continues
Washington is still building the biometric border envisioned in the aftermath of 9/11, only now the cameras do not even need you to stop.
The Smart TV That Watches What You Watch and Maps Your Network
LG calls it smart home functionality. The researchers found something closer to a household census.
UK Plots On-Device Image Scanning Across Smartphones
Adults who decline to show ID could find their devices treated like children’s devices
Irish Regulator Says Self-Declared Age Is Not Enough for X
Ireland’s first Online "Safety" Code investigation puts X under pressure to move beyond birthday boxes toward stronger digital ID-style age checks.
Microsoft Brings "Age Verification" System To Windows
The age check arrives first as documentation, with the working machinery promised for later.
Josh Hawley Expands AI Surveillance Probe to Three More Companies
Hawley wants to know who can search these systems, how far they can look, and what happens afterward.
Massie And Burlison Introduce Bill To Defund Flock Surveillance Cameras
Mass surveillance has found an unlikely congressional antagonist: a bill called Flock-Off.
MembersEncrypt First, Upload Second
Encryption changes the meaning of a breach, not the fact of one.
Florida And Texas Move Against Flock License Plate Readers
Florida and Texas are putting the brakes on a system built to make every drive searchable.
Pornhub Is Standing Alone Against Utah’s Anti-VPN Rule
Utah’s age-verification law creates a compliance problem for websites that may have no reliable way to know where a VPN user actually is.
California Legislature Passes Online Age Verification Bill
The vote was unanimous, but the privacy backlash is only getting started.
Judge Quashes Subpoenas Seeking Kiwi Farms Users’ Identities
The First Amendment does not require the internet to be polite before it protects speech.