Privacy
UK’s Tax Authority to Surveil Social Media Posts
AI now quietly shadows Instagram and Facebook while deciding if citizens’ taxes add up.
UK’s Controversial Facial Recognition Tech Hits The Road
Your face might be starring in a government experiment you never asked for.
Claim: Privacy Law “Protects Criminals” After UK Watchdog Tells Shops to Take Down Thief Photos
In privacy’s name, the groceries and the culprit both slip from view.
Nigeria’s Data Breach Allegations Expose Risks of Centralized Digital ID Systems
A single compromised login in Nigeria’s national ID system could become a skeleton key to millions of lives.
MembersHow Conversations You Never Shared With AI Can Still Land in the Laps of Offshore Contractors
The “memory” that makes AI feel personal is often built from scraps of your life handed to human graders.
US Plan To Copy UK’s Disastrous Online Digital ID Verification Is Winning Friends in the Senate
What’s sold as a safety net for kids could become the blueprint for an ID-locked, surveillance-ready internet.
Another Major Data Breach Exposes Dangers of Online Digital ID Verification
Handing over your ID for “verification” just became the most reckless trend.
New EU Media “Freedom Law” Allows for Journalist Arrests if Justified by “Public Interest”
A shield for reporters on paper, it hands governments the pen to rewrite the rules.
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Convicted, Raising Fears for Privacy Rights and Open-Source Development
The verdict has turned an obscure crypto privacy tool into a litmus test for how far US law will reach into open-source code.
British Police Caught Using Passport Photos for Facial Recognition
A photo given in trust is now a face held in permanent suspicion.
MembersSilicon With a Side of Surveillance
A tracker for high-end processors could trickle down to the blender on your counter.
Britain’s War on Terror Turned Into a War on Tweets
A surveillance tool built to hunt foreign threats is now quietly policing Britain’s own political conversation.