Taiwan Combines Vaccine Passport with Digital ID Number
By Ken Macon Taiwan’s digital COVID-19 certificate, used to verify testing and vaccination status, will now include the individual’s national ID number, reported the Taipei…
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New South Wales Begins Digital Birth Certificate Program as Part of Digital ID Push
By Ken Macon As part of the big global push to digital ID systems, the Australian state of New South Wales’ government has contracted Thoughtworks,…
India Orders VPN Providers to Collect Data on Users
By Ken Macon India’s cybersecurity agency, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), will require government organizations, corporations, service providers, data centers, and intermediaries to report…
Technocratic Takeover: Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Numbers for Not Being Tied to National ID System
By Ken Macon Nigeria has blocked 73 million phone numbers because they were not linked to the National Identity Numbers (NINs). In 2011, African countries…
Covid Passport Microchip Developer Says Chipping Humans is Happening “Whether We Like It or Not”
By Ken Macon Towards the end of last year, tech start-up Dsruptive Subdermals announced a microchip installed under the skin that can be scanned to…
Israel is Using Counter-terrorism Phone Surveillance to Track Omicron Carriers
By Ken Macon Rights groups in Israel have called on the country’s top court to repeal the recently announced measures to use the counter-terrorism phone…