Historic Penalty Decision in BIPA Case Shows the Need to Take Biometric Privacy Seriously
By Jim Nash Biometrics in one U.S. jurisdiction is now officially a live electrical wire dancing on the ground, ready to shock the unwary, and…
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Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency Alert Amid Scorching Heat
By Tyler Durden A heat wave continues to blast the Midwest, Northeast, and South through the end of the work week, forcing the largest US…
Digital Services Act: A Framework to Gain Global Control of the Internet
By Marie Hawthorne Frameworks for control are being put up all over the world. Daisy wrote recently about the implementation of FedNow, a framework for ending…
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
By Joe Mullin The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people…
22 Organizations Ask Lawmakers “not to advance legislation that will turn our Nation’s public roadways into private testing grounds” for AVs
By B.N. Frank There is research that has determined that autonomous vehicles (AVs) are NOT good for the environment (see 1, 2). Nevertheless, most of…
Indian District Rolls Out Live Facial Recognition to Fight Crime Wave
By Masha Borak A district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is rolling out a crime-fighting search engine powered by live facial recognition called…
Scientists Receive Green Light to Merge Human Brain Cells with Computer Chips
By Study Finds Brain cells merging with computer chips could be the next evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). Scientists in Australia have been awarded funding…
India Women Use Digital IDs to Apply for Basic Income Program
By Bianca Gonzalez The chief minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state has opened a camp in the Dharmapuri district to help 10 million eligible women…
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users
By Cindy Cohn and Rory Mir We’re in an exciting time for users who want to take back control from major platforms like Twitter and…
Power Supply Cut Off After “Smart” Meter Protest; “the government is seeking pleasure in sucking the blood of poverty-ridden people.”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to costly, privacy-invasive, and hazardous utility “smart” meters – electric, gas, and water – has been worldwide since they started being…
1Password, Microsoft Move to Biometric Authentication
By Bianca Gonzalez 1Password and Microsoft are among vendors moving to passwordless login, switching to phishing-resistant biometric passkeys. In a blog post, 1Password announced a…
US, UK and ASEAN Debating How to Regulate AI
By Masha Borak Governments, civil society and businesses are all attempting to steer the development of artificial intelligence. The Ada Lovelace Institute wants to revise…
“Worldcoin” Is Here: Just Get Your Eyes Scanned By “The Orb” And Your New “World ID” Will Be Issued To You
By Michael Snyder Have you had your eyes scanned by “The Orb” yet? All it takes is just one trip, and once your biometric data…
Biden’s Gun Control Backfires After Fifth Circuit Ruling: Ghost Guns Legal Once More
By Tyler Durden The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Defense Distributed and other companies that make and distribute “ghost guns”…