Privacy isn't only a technical problem — it's shaped by law, and the law is moving fast. This category follows the debates that actually affect you: proposals to scan private messages, pressure on end-to-end encryption, data-retention rules, and the gap that often opens between what a regulation says and what it does in practice. We aim for plain-language analysis over outrage: what a given proposal would really require, who it affects, and what it means for the tools people rely on. Where something is genuinely alarming we'll say so, and where it's overstated we'll say that too. If you want to understand the rules being written around your privacy — without needing a law degree — start here.
Imagine a law that required every letter you send to be opened, read by a government-approved system, and flagged if it matched a list of prohibited content — before being resealed and delivered to the recipient. You’d consider that a…
