800 Pubs Just Told Meta's Glasses to Switch the Camera Off
J D Wetherspoon has asked customers across more than 800 UK venues to disable recording on Meta smart glasses, describing the devices as enabling surr...
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Seven Months Inside the UK Criminal Records Office, on Software Last Patched in 2019
The ICO has reprimanded ACRO Criminal Records Office after attackers spent seven months inside its website and content management system. The portal w...
Live Facial Recognition Arrives on the London Underground
British Transport Police switched on live facial recognition inside a Tube station for the first time on 11 August, at Victoria. Every face that walks...
The Week the Watchers Got Breached — 100,000 UK Police, Swiss Federal Servers, and a Law Firm Wave
Hackers calling themselves ExfilSquad took names, organizations, and email addresses for more than 100,000 police officers and criminal justice profes...
It's Law Now: Britain Bans Under-16s From Social Media — and Builds the Age-Check Machine to Enforce It
We've tracked the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill since it was a 'Trojan horse for mass surveillance.' On June 17, 2026, Keir Starmer confirmed ...
Curfews, Kill-Switches and the Under-16 Ban: What Starmer's Social Media Crackdown Actually Does
Keir Starmer has announced that Britain will bar under-16s from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and the rest — complete with overnight curfews, anti-doomsc...
Scanning Before the Lock Clicks: The UK's Plan to Search Your Phone Before Encryption
The UK keeps circling back to the same idea: have your phone inspect your messages before encryption ever protects them. Client-side scanning is sold ...
The Same Day: A UK Cop Accused of Faking Evidence With AI, and a £140m Bet on Police AI
A Derbyshire officer is under criminal investigation for allegedly using AI to fabricate evidence across multiple cases. Days earlier, the UK announce...
Britain Built a Surveillance System and Called It Child Safety: The Online Safety Act's Age Verification Problem
On March 25, 2026, the UK's ICO and Ofcom published a joint statement formalizing age verification requirements under the Online Safety Act. Platforms...