New AI tech bodes ill for identity theft, scams, and propaganda
Artificial intelligence like GPT-3 is advancing deepfakes by imitating real faces, voices, and words. This could spell trouble for the future of humanity.
Biometric data collection around the world
What biometric records does your country have on you? We look at how 10 countries, including U.S., Australia, and China, collect and use biometric data.
Quick biography: Julian Assange
The divisive figure founded WikiLeaks, which gained worldwide fame in 2010 for publishing secret Afghan and Iraq war files.
The U.S. wants to stop funding open-source projects. Here’s why that’s...
You may not have heard of the Open Technology Fund (OTF), but you’ve probably used tools that have gotten...
The battle to outlaw end-to-end encryption in the U.S. is heating...
This post was originally published on July 2, 2020.
Following the introduction of the EARN IT bill in the U.S....
What happens to your privacy if you go completely cashless?
Swiping a card or using your phone to pay for things is undoubtedly convenient but comes with obvious privacy...
Covid-19’s biggest casualty will be the further degradation of our individual...
History, as they say, often repeats itself. And we’ve definitely seen this before.
It took a cataclysmic event to sow...
What is cybertorture? How our minds are vulnerable to online experiences
What will change if we are forced to move our social circle to virtual lands, browse the web anonymously,...
The U.S. might permanently ban end-to-end encryption
This post was originally published on April 23, 2020.
The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT)...
Internet censorship: What is it, and how does it happen?
The internet was initially envisioned as a medium for the free flow of information and knowledge—hence its early description...
