Privacy
European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy, Framing Mass Surveillance as “Lawful Access”
The EU’s ProtectEU strategy quietly sketches the blueprint for a backdoor.
The Company That Wants All Your Data Can’t Protect Its Own
Oracle faces scrutiny after data breaches hit Oracle Cloud and Oracle Health, undermining Larry Ellison’s AI surveillance ambitions.
MembersSay Cheese to the Surveillance Engine
From Spirited Away to Stored Forever: What feels like a nostalgic fantasy is a frictionless gateway into biometric data mining.
Google Enters the Age Check Arena as Australia Flirts with Digital ID
What begins as a safety measure could quietly script the end of anonymity online.
EU Plans €1.3B Digital ID Wallet Despite Privacy Concerns
A unified digital ID may promise convenience, but it quietly rewrites the rules of anonymity in Europe.
Brazil’s Digital ID Dream Just Had a Nightmare
FacePass’s silence speaks louder than the 1.6 million faces left exposed.
Transport Canada Scrambled to Manage Fallout Over WEF-Backed Digital ID Program as Journalist Probed Privacy Concerns
Officials scrambled to sanitize internal dissent as biometric questions threatened to expose deeper entanglements with the World Economic Forum.
MembersHow to Fix the Signal Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making
The riskiest part of Signal isn’t the tech — it’s how you use it.
Gabbard and Patel Defend Section 702 Surveillance Powers Amid Civil Liberties Concerns in Senate Hearing
Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel defend FISA Section 702 as essential, amid privacy concerns and ongoing Fourth Amendment debates.
Big Brother Finds a New Home in South London
Millions may find their faces flagged by systems they never knew they were in.
MembersWhen Off Means On: Microsoft’s Privacy Theater
Even when you say no, Microsoft just shrugs and syncs anyway.
The Case Meta Didn’t Want to Go to Court
Meta’s quiet retreat from court reveals just how fragile the scaffolding of surveillance capitalism might be.