Privacy
Biden Administration Placed COVID Mandate Critics on Watchlists, Intelligence Documents Reveal
Parents with questions became potential suspects in a bureaucratic algorithm built to profile dissent.
MembersYour Personal Messages Are Just Waiting to Go Public
If a message isn’t end-to-end encrypted, assume it’ll eventually leak.
The UK’s Digital ID Era Starts This Summer
A single app to rule your identity, with every blink and barcode feeding the machine.
MembersNo Warrant No Problem: The Surveillance State Has an App Now
What used to take subpoenas and shoe leather now takes a scroll and a login.
Regeneron Buys 23andMe (And People’s DNA Data) for $256M
A corporate salvage deal turns into a genomic land grab as Regeneron inherits the DNA of 15 million people.
Israel Proposes Gaza Aid Distribution Tied to Biometric Facial Recognition
Facial scans become the price of survival in a system where privacy is no longer negotiable.
Kansas Lawsuits Target Websites Over Alleged Lack of Digital ID Verification
A Kansas courtroom becomes ground zero for a legal showdown that pits child safety laws against digital privacy.
Apple-Alibaba AI Deal in China Triggers US National Security Concerns Over Data Sharing and Military Ties
Apple’s AI ambitions in China run straight into Washington’s red line on tech entanglement.
Meta Is Accused of Flouting Privacy Rules With AI Training Data
Meta’s revival of AI training stirs another privacy showdown over user consent in the EU.
Montana Becomes First State to Ban Warrantless Data Purchases by Law Enforcement
Montana draws a hard line where federal silence lingers, turning wallets into warrants no more.
YouTube and Netflix Deploy AI and Behavioral Tracking to Intensify Targeted Advertising
The living room is now a surveillance lab, where every flicker of feeling trains the next ad algorithm.
Experts Sound Alarm on EU Digital Identity Wallets: User “Controls” Mask Dangerous Data Oversharing Risks
Autonomy in digital ID may be a myth when design nudges turn consent into compliance.