Privacy
Indiana Sues Aylo For Not Blocking VPN Users
Rokita’s lawsuit turns a technical impossibility into a moral crusade, treating internet privacy as collateral.
PornHub Data Leak Shows Danger of Government-Mandated Digital ID Systems for Online Access
Once collected, your most private data never really disappears, it just waits to be rediscovered.
UK Parliament Rejects Petition to Repeal Online Censorship Law, Calls for Expanded Censorship
Lawmakers promised to protect free speech by regulating nearly every way it can occur online.
The UK’s Plan to Put an Age Verification Chaperone in Every Pocket
A nation’s surveilling guardrail threatens to become its digital leash.
Global Lawmakers Smell a Blueprint in Australia’s Online Digital ID Law
Australia’s social media ID laws are inspiring Western lawmakers to follow suit, testing how much surveillance under the guise of child safety they can get away with.
UK Lawmakers Propose Mandatory On-Device Surveillance and VPN Age Verification
The UK flirts with an extreme future where every device is surveilled.
Substack Imposes Digital ID Checks in Australia
In Australia, the simple act of reading online can now comes with an ID check, a quiet transaction that turns curiosity into data.
700Credit Data Breach Exposes 5.6 Million Americans, Showing Risks of Centralized Digital ID Systems
As always: systems built to verify identity ended up compromising millions instead.
MembersThe Friendly Face of the Surveillance Machine
The ritual proves that surveillance doesn’t need to hide, it just needs better design.
US Proposes Collecting DNA From Foreign Tourists
The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.
Reddit Fights Australia’s New Online ID Law
Reddit’s challenge sets up a major test of Australia’s plan to verify every user’s age online.
House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy
Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the internet.