Privacy
IRS accused of buying smartphone data from unsuspecting surveillance targets
Data was collected without the targets’ knowledge.
Google handed over to police data on everyone who searched for certain terms
While in this case they got the right guy, the practice raises privacy implications.
UK to trial world’s first coronavirus passport technology
COVID passports used to be dismissed as a conspiracy theory.
Bar owners in France arrested for not tracking users when offering free WiFi
This is why people need to use a VPN on public WiFi.
UK citizens are being refused entry to businesses unless they download contact tracing app
The supposedly optional app is being forced on citizens less than a week after launch.
Amazon wants to keep your palm data on its servers for a new payment method
Amazon thinks it’s the future.
MembersThe coronavirus response is accelerating the China-style social credit systems around the world
? Civil liberties are being crushed by government demands for surveillance systems.
UK MPs to vote on renewal of “draconian” Coronavirus Act, extending overreaching digital surveillance powers
The UK government’s far-reaching response to the coronavirus has crushed many civil liberties.
Google’s “pay to play” default browser auction makes it hard for privacy-friendly browsers to compete
Privacy-friendly browsers that don’t monetize user data can’t afford to compete.
UK police told not to download NHS COVID tracing app
Some officers have also been told they may not need to obey self-isolate alerts.
UK’s NHS COVID app falsely tells people to self-isolate because it won’t accept negative results
Those who test negative are being told to quarantine.
UK NHS coronavirus contact tracing app could be falsely telling up to 30% of users to self-isolate
It’s the latest of numerous controversies surrounding the app since it was announced.