According to Yuval Noah Harari the “covid crisis” was a watershed moment in terms of surveillance and personal data. During a panel discussion at the 2020 Athens Democracy Forum, Harari was asked […]
Yesterday, I published the article “It Finally Happened: Digital Currency Act is Now Law in US“, repeating claims that a new piece of legislation had taken effect and fundamentally altered financial privacy […]
Reports that a technology company in Russia is implanting neural chips into pigeons’ brains to turn them into remote-controlled “bio-drones” have ignited a mix of curiosity, concern, and scepticism around the world. […]
The problem is not just that we’re being tracked more than ever; it’s that everyone is actively paying for the surveillance. Video doorbell ownership in the US rose from 4% to over […]
Governments worldwide are rushing to implement AI systems to save time and money. Invariably, pitches are centred around efficiency increases such as smarter policing, faster queues and cleaner fraud detection. But the […]
Reclaim the Net, a group that pushes back against Big Tech and online gatekeepers, have revealed that leaked documents suggest EU officials seek immunity from their own controversial online surveillance laws, raising […]
Fujitsu is set to win the UK’s Digital ID contract despite their past failures. The Post Office Scandal involving the IT system Horizon, developed by Fujitsu, was said to be one of […]