(Natural News) Many businesses started using QR code during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to reduce contact between staff and customers. Some restaurants give a QR code so you can see their menu on your phone and movie theaters will sometimes give you a QR code as your ticket when you prepay online. Other businesses also give […]

(Natural News) The Australian federal government passed a controversial new law that gives the country’s law enforcement agencies more online surveillance powers. Known as the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 the bill was passed by both the federal House of Representatives and the Senate on Aug. 25. It is now awaiting Royal Assent, the […]

(Natural News) As part of its recently-passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill, the Democrat-controlled Senate has included a provision that will allow the government to expand financial surveillance on cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency provision does several things to extend government oversight over cryptocurrencies. One of its first provisions is to extend certain bank reporting laws to crypto […]

(Natural News) The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden’s infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads, highways, and digital infrastructure—contains a poorly crafted provision that could create new surveillance requirements for many within the blockchain ecosystem. This could include developers and others who do not control digital assets on behalf of users. (Article […]

(Natural News) A Microsoft executive predicts that runaway artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to an Orwellian future if appropriate laws to protect the public aren’t enacted soon. Microsoft president Brad Smith made the comments during an episode of the BBC‘s “Panorama,” aired May 26, that focused on the potential dangers of AI and the race between the United States […]

(Natural News) Messaging app WhatsApp has lost millions of users to rivals following a poorly explained update to its terms and conditions. New figures shared by the U.K. parliament’s home affairs committee on “online harms” show that disgruntled WhatsApp users have migrated to rival apps with Signal gaining 7.5 million users in the first three […]

(Natural News) Former Google engineer Jack Poulson resigned in August and warned that the evil corporation must be stopped. The senior researcher said he is fearful of Google’s ambitions; the corporation is working with China to build an Android app that covertly censors and monitors Chinese citizens online. The Intercept published details about Google and […]