When the Internet Demands Your Identity
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When the Internet Demands Your Identity

Your Identity Is Becoming the Price of Entry The web is changing fast. Governments are pushing identity checks deeper into everyday use. Platforms are complying, often aggressively. What used to be anonymous or pseudonymous now sits behind selfies, passports, and face scans. It is framed as safety. In practice, it is an identity checkpoint layered…

The DRIVER Act Drives Privacy Into a Ditch
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The DRIVER Act Drives Privacy Into a Ditch

How a Right-to-Repair Bill Quietly Expands Vehicle Data Exposure Modern vehicles generate constant data. Where you go. When you stop. How you drive. Who is in the car. What your phone connects to. This data is not abstract. It maps routines. It reveals habits. It predicts behavior. When vehicle data is poorly controlled, it becomes…

Functional Privacy
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How Data Brokers Destroyed Functional Privacy

There was a time, not so long ago, when we had something called functional privacy. Not perfect privacy. Not encryption. Not invisibility. Just a simple, practical buffer between our lives and the public record. Yes, much of our personal data was technically public. But accessing it required time, effort, and intent. You had to show…