By B.N. Frank “Surveillance Capitalism” has been increasing so much over the years that it eventually inspired the saying “Data is the new oil.” Argh! …
By Andrea Togni In recent years, blockchain surveillance (BS) companies have become increasingly important players in the cryptocurrency industry. Their business model consists in developing…
By Bianca Gonzalez University of Waterloo (UW) cybersecurity PhD student Andre Kassis published his findings after being granted access to an account protected with biometrics…
By B.N. Frank American opposition to “smart cities” and all the costs, privacy violations, environmental, health, and safety risks associated with them has been ongoing…
By Andrew Crocker This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Virginia Kennedy Under the Fourth Amendment, police can search your home, your computer, and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By B.N. Frank Cameras, cameras, everywhere including on roads in hundreds of U.S. communities courtesy of U.S. police departments! From the American Institute for Economic…
By Stefan Gleason Last week, the Federal Reserve launched a new payment processing system dubbed “FedNow.” Officials say FedNow will allow individuals and businesses to…
Tokenizing the world means declaring digital value of all physical resources. This means all your property plus impersonal assets like the rain forest in Brazil….
By Tyler Durden As Bruce Wilds noted earlier in the week, the Fed has stated that FedNow is not intended to kill or replace other…