Privacy
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Microsoft Faces Irish Legal Fire Over Data Practices
A courtroom first in Ireland could redraw the boundaries of data consent in Europe’s digital economy.
EU Pushes Metadata Retention Law, Reviving Mass Surveillance Despite Court Rulings
A data regime the courts killed twice is being quietly resurrected under a different name.
Texas Mandates Digital ID to Access App Store Apps
In Texas, Apple and Google will now be the bouncers at the front door of the internet, checking IDs for every app download.
Senator Wyden Accuses AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile of Failing to Warn Senate of Surveillance
Phone carriers let covert surveillance slip through the cracks of Senate oversight.
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.
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Your 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.
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No 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.
