Privacy
MembersThe Gospel of the Anxious Generation
The myth of “social media addiction” has become a convenient moral shield for expanding digital ID systems, turning concern for kids’ safety into consent for mass surveillance.
Oklahoma’s REAL ID Rebellion Over Who Controls Your Driver Data
A fight over data sovereignty now looks at whether a state’s promise of choice can survive the pull of a national ID grid built outside government hands.
NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing
Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.
Virginia Court Upholds Norfolk Police License Plate Camera Use
The ruling narrows the Fourth Amendment’s reach for now, but leaves its future boundaries uncertain.
Lawsuit Challenges National Park Service Ban on Cash Payments
A federal appeal challenges whether Americans can still spend real dollars on their own public land, or must surrender privacy to do so.
The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users
Despite promises of privacy, the FTC’s new age verification remedy hinges on tracking users’ behavior across the web.
MembersThe Slow Murder of Private Communication
Encryption stands firm while everything surrounding it conspires to see through it.
The Slow March Toward a Digital ID Britain
The quiet expansion of digital ID in 2026 shows how convenience is becoming the gateway to compliance, one app update at a time.
Google to Pay $68M Over Voice Assistant Privacy Lawsuit
A $68 million deal marks Google’s effort to quiet years of unease over smart devices that listened when they shouldn’t have.
MembersHow to Keep Your Encryption Keys Out of Big Tech’s Hands
True security starts where convenience ends, by keeping your encryption keys off the cloud and in your own hands.
Britain To Roll Out Facial Recognition in Police Overhaul
The government’s AI overhaul recasts policing as data extraction, turning public life into a surveillance lab.
TikTok’s New US Joint Venture Expands Data Collection to Include Precise Location Tracking
TikTok’s new era comes with a sharper eye on users’ exact whereabouts.