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Spyware Giant Says Jury Tried to Bankrupt It Over WhatsApp Hack
NSO says the jury overreached, but the numbers may reflect how deeply the danger of Pegasus has resonated.
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How Every Online Comment Feeds a File You’ll Never See
AI tools can now build a disturbingly complete portrait of you from the digital crumbs you didn’t know you were leaving.
UK Government Uses Immigration Failures to Justify Digital ID Rollout
Border chaos becomes the trojan horse for ushering in Britain’s all-in-one digital identity future.
Big Beautiful Bill Includes 10-Year Ban on State AI Regulation, Drawing Some Opposition
A ten-year gag on state AI laws could redraw the map of American tech governance before the ink even dries on possible federal rules.
No Phone Home Is the Privacy Rebellion Digital IDs Didn’t See Coming
The digital ID standard behind mobile IDs bakes in remote data access that governments can quietly activate. Privacy activists are pushing back.
Guilty by Algorithm
A secret algorithm and zero transparency: welcome to justice by vibes.
Pakistan Uses Geofencing to Track, Disable Digital IDs of Protesters
A single protest can now cost you your identity, your mobility, and your access to the state.
Biometric Surveillance Expands: American Airlines Rolls Out Facial Recognition at Four Major Airports
Facial recognition slips past the turnstile of convenience, reshaping consent one gate at a time.
Fifth Circuit Affirms Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Cloud Storage in Dropbox Case
The ruling redraws the boundary lines for state surveillance in the cloud era with a thick constitutional marker.
T-Mobile Faces Backlash for Auto-Enabled Screen Recording in T-Life App Without User Consent
T-Mobile’s silent rollout of the T-Life screen recorder revives the oldest question in tech: who’s watching, and who gets to know?
When Data Brokers Slip Up Everyone Pays the Price
A four-month blindspot let intruders mine the guts of a system trusted by insurers, cops, and creditors alike.
French Justice Minister Proposes a Ban on Cash
A country’s war on drugs doubles as a referendum on the right to privacy.
