Facial recognition technology has quietly become one of the most widely deployed surveillance tools in American law enforcement. According to recent reporting, more than 2,000 US agencies now have som...

Michigan is preparing to test a new way of taxing drivers: tracking how many miles they drive using GPS and smartphone data instead of relying on gas taxes at the pump. The pilot program, run through ...

Malawi has reached a milestone in its national identification program: 99% of the population is now covered by the country's digital ID system. Building on that foundation, the government is preparing...

Walk into certain Coles or Woolworths stores lately and a camera near the entrance may have already scanned your face before you reach the trolleys. Facial-recognition trials by the two supermarket gi...

Microsoft has published developer documentation for a new Windows 11 feature that lets apps ask the operating system how old you are, without ever seeing your actual birthday. The tool, known as the W...

Clearview AI, the facial recognition company best known for scraping billions of photos from the open web, is reportedly testing a new tool called InquiryIQ. According to reporting on the tool, Inquir...

Luzerne County Councilman Chris Belles has introduced a resolution asking his fellow council members to formally oppose mass surveillance of people and vehicles, according to the Times Leader. The pro...

A new report from RAND is putting fresh weight behind a concern privacy advocates have raised for years: identity systems built for one purpose rarely stay confined to that purpose. According to the r...

Australia has spent much of 2025 rebuilding the rules that govern how people prove who they are online. The centerpiece of that effort, the Online Safety Act's age verification requirement, takes effe...

Meta's apparent embrace of a federal kids online safety bill has reignited a debate that has simmered in Washington for years: can lawmakers protect children online without forcing every internet user...