The House Intelligence Committee’s Surveillance “Reform” Bill is a Farce
By India McKinney Earlier this week, both the House Committee on the Judiciary (HJC) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) marked up…
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UN’s Counter-terrorist Travel Biometrics Poses Human Rights Risk: Special Rapporteur
By Masha Borak The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,” according to…
Freedom, Consciousness, Ethics, And AI – Derrick Broze at MIT
By The Conscious Resistance On December 6th, 2023, Derrick Broze shared a presentation at MIT at the invite of the MIT Students for Open Inquiry….
EU Council Proposes Launch of Mobile Driver’s Licenses for Digital Wallets
By Chris Burt The Council of the European Union has introduced changes to a proposed package of legislation to establish a legal basis for issuing…
Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
By Thorin Klosowski With the holidays upon us, it’s easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this…
Cybersecurity Expert Who Warned about 5G and IoT Now Warns about A.I.’s Potential for “mass spying”
By B.N. Frank Over the years, countless experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart”, wireless, 5G and/or Internet of Things (IoT)…
U.S. Senator: What Do Our Cars Know? And Who Do They Share that Information With?
By Matthew Guariglia U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has sent a much-needed letter to car manufacturers asking them to clarify a surprisingly hard question…
Latest Draft of UN Cybercrime Treaty Is A Big Step Backward
By Katitza Rodriguez A new draft of the controversial United Nations cybercrime treaty has only heightened concerns that the treaty will criminalize expression and dissent,…
Belgians Happy to Use Smartphones for Many Things, Just Not Digital ID
By Bianca Gonzalez A survey of Belgian smartphone users from Deloitte revealed that they are open to using their devices for banking and health monitoring,…
Palantir: Privacy Fears Over Handing NHS Data to US Defence Provider Show How Lack of Trust is Holding Back Much-needed Reform
By Andrew M McIntosh, The University of Edinburgh and Ann John, Swansea University Controversial US tech company Palantir has been awarded a £330 million contract…
Uganda Suspends Over 1.4M SIM Cards Not Linked to Users’ Biometrics
By Ayang Macdonald An ongoing process which started on November 12 to deactivate SIM cards not biometrically registered in Uganda has seen over 1.4 million…
Facial Recognition by Police Could Come to Ireland Faster after Dublin Riots
By Jim Nash The politics of police facial recognition systems are changing in favor of deployment in Ireland after last week’s riot in Dublin. Proposals…
French Politicians Vow Legal Action on Alleged Illegal Facial Recognition Use by Police
By Ayang Macdonald A recent report that the French national police has been using a facial recognition system from Israel illegally for the past eight…
EU’s Digital Identity Wallet Is An Electronic Leash With Which Brussels Wants To Control Its Citizens
By Darius Matuszak There is a danger that the new Polish government may just waive through this oppression policy… The agreement between the European Parliament…