Privacy
TSA Pursues $5.5B Privatized Airport Security Overhaul with Biometric and AI Surveillance Expansion
The TSA’s quiet overhaul of airport security could make biometric ID checks the new normal for domestic travel.
Data Mining Takes Off: Delta Rolls Out AI-Based Personalized Airfare Pricing
Delta’s experiment with algorithmic airfare dives straight into the gray zone where personalization meets economic profiling.
Mexico Mandates Biometric Digital ID by 2026
Mexico mandates biometric CURP IDs with fingerprints, iris scans, and photos under Claudia Sheinbaum’s national ID overhaul.
Australia Wants To See Your Papers Before You Press Play
Julie Inman Grant targets YouTube as Australia moves to impose digital ID rules.
The GENIUS Act: Stablecoins Win Big But Privacy Takes a Hit
The US just embraced crypto, but only if it reports back to the motherland.
Facial Recognition Moves In on London’s Biggest Carnival
Mass facial recognition surveillance is quickly becoming normalized in the UK.
MembersThe Case That Could Silence the Open Internet
The courtroom showdown over Lewellen’s DeFi code may decide whether writing software is protected speech or prosecutable infrastructure.
Backroom Politics and Big Tech Fuel Europe’s New Spy Push
The guest list reads like a blueprint for surveillance in the name of safety.
Reddit Enforces UK Digital ID Law
Verifying your age now means handing over your ID just to scroll.
How to Stop Google’s Gemini AI from Accessing Your Apps
On Android, Google’s Gemini AI now taps into your private apps — whether you asked it to or not.
UK Report Says Online Censorship Law Doesn’t Go Far Enough
The state’s answer to unrest is to algorithmically erase anything that might have caused it.
Digital ID: Bluesky to Launch Age Checks in UK
Bluesky’s new age checks mark another step in the UK’s quiet construction of a digitally verified citizen.