- 2024 Senegal election crisis points to deeper issues with Macky Sall and his preferred successorby Amy Niang, Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa on March 18, 2024 at 10:59 am
Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
- Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China. Here’s how citizens are copingby Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Professeure de management et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la régulation du digital dans la vie professionnelle et personnelle; Canada Research Chair in Digital Regulation at Work and in Life, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) on March 13, 2024 at 9:35 pm
State surveillance of citizens is growing all over the world, but it is a fact of daily life in China. People are developing mental tactics to distance themselves from it.
- Are private conversations truly private? A cybersecurity expert explains how end-to-end encryption protects youby Robin Chataut, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity and Computer Science, Quinnipiac University on March 11, 2024 at 12:26 pm
End-to-end encryption provides strong protection for keeping your communications private, but not every messaging app uses it, and even some of the ones that do don’t have it turned on by default.
- The use of technology in policing should be regulated to protect people from wrongful convictionsby Joanna Pozzulo, Chancellor’s Professor, Psychology, Carleton University on February 12, 2024 at 9:19 pm
Police use of surveillance technologies — like security cameras and artificial intelligence — is becoming more widespread. Measures are needed to protect people’s privacy and avoid misidentification.
- Solving the supermarket: why Coles just hired US defence contractor Palantirby Luke Munn, Research Fellow, Digital Cultures & Societies, The University of Queensland on February 8, 2024 at 3:40 am
Coles plans to ‘optimise its workforce’ with big data and AI tools from a controversial tech company.
- DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologiesby Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Professor of Law, American University on February 7, 2024 at 1:19 pm
Predictive policing has been a bust. The Department of Justice nurtured the technology from researchers’ minds to corporate production lines and into the hands of police departments.
- Surveillance and the state: South Africa’s proposed new spying law is open for comment – an expert points out its flawsby Jane Duncan, Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow on February 5, 2024 at 2:19 pm
The fact that the presidency is attempting to get away with minimal regulation of bulk interception raises doubt about its commitment to ending intelligence abuse.
- Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on identifying physical featuresby Sharrona Pearl, Associate Professor of Bioethics and History, Drexel University on January 19, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Face recognition technology follows earlier biometric surveillance techniques, including fingerprints, passport photos and iris scans. It’s the first that can be done without the subject’s knowledge.
- South Africa’s new intelligence bill is meant to stem abuses – what’s good and bad about itby Jane Duncan, Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow on January 11, 2024 at 3:54 pm
The bill seeks greater intelligence powers but neglects oversight.
- A US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana’s importance in the world of spyingby Calder Walton, Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School on December 15, 2023 at 1:22 pm
Cuba gets less attention as an espionage threat than Russia or China, but is a potent player in the spy world. Its intelligence service has already penetrated the US government at least once.
- How new reports reveal Israeli intelligence underestimated Hamas and other key weaknessesby John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University on December 7, 2023 at 1:30 pm
Recent media coverage mostly confirms the role of faulty threat assessments, Hamas’ improved operational security, and confirmation bias.
- Does your employer have to tell if they’re spying on you through your work computer?by Jacqueline Meredith, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology on October 9, 2023 at 7:10 pm
The electronic monitoring and surveillance of employees is on the rise as growing numbers of people switch to hybrid and at-home work.
- Even before deepfakes, tech was a tool of abuse and controlby Tirion E. Havard, Associate Professor of Social Work, London South Bank University on October 2, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Mobile phones have extended the reach and control of abusive partners.
- China’s new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alikeby Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney on September 27, 2023 at 3:44 am
The revised law is targeting not only Westerners working in China, but also Chinese nationals who work for foreign companies or organisations or interact with foreigners in any way.
- Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – reportby Claire Seungeun Lee, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell on September 22, 2023 at 12:30 pm
You probably won’t be targeted by spyware, but if you are, odds are you won’t know about it. The latest spyware slips in unseen through online ads as you go about your digital life.
- The interactive art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: psychic resonance, surveillance and a murmuration of lightsby Prudence Gibson, Author and Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney on August 21, 2023 at 4:09 am
This new show at the Powerhouse Museum reflects the chaos of the digital world and the ubiquity of digital tracking.
- Olympic star Nadia Comăneci was a Romanian ‘hero’ who defected to escape her government. What do her surveillance files reveal?by Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney on August 1, 2023 at 8:14 pm
Nadia Comăneci was the most famous gymnast in the world when she defected from Romania in 1989. A new book includes 25,000 pages worth of secret police surveillance material.
- Canadian law enforcement agencies continue to target Muslimsby Basema Al-Alami, SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto on July 12, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Canada must reflect on the profound consequences of over-surveillance on the freedoms of religion, expression and association — particularly for Muslim Canadians — and their impact on equality.
- US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AIby Anne Toomey McKenna, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond on June 29, 2023 at 12:16 pm
The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely silent on agencies purchasing the data from commercial brokers.
- Is China out to spy on us through drones and other tech? Perhaps that’s not the question we should be askingby Ausma Bernot, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University on May 18, 2023 at 8:02 pm
Over the years Australia has been quick to point the finger at China – most recently in relation to DJI drones. Instead, we should look closely at our own tech security policies.
- Emergency alert system launches in the UK: should you be worried about privacy?by Stergios Aidinlis, Lecturer in Law, Keele University on April 19, 2023 at 3:58 pm
Emergency alerts system: a lifesaving service or a threat to privacy?
- There Will Be No More Night: Documentary raises ethical questions about using war footageby Santasil Mallik, PhD Student, Media Studies, Western University on March 16, 2023 at 9:10 pm
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it is important to reflect on the use of war footage in media and the ethical questions around the use of footage depicting human death.
- Downing of US drone in Russian jet encounter prompts counterclaims of violations in the sky – an international law expert explores the argumentsby Ashley S. Deeks, Professor of Scholarly Research in Law, University of Virginia on March 15, 2023 at 4:43 pm
International law states that states have to operate ‘due regard’ for the right of nations to fly drones above international waters. Washington claims Russia violated this standard in incident.
- Protecting privacy online begins with tackling ‘digital resignation’by Meiling Fong, PhD Student, Individualized Program, Concordia University on March 2, 2023 at 7:38 pm
Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
- CSIS targeting of Canadian Muslims reveals the importance of addressing institutional Islamophobiaby Baljit Nagra, Associate Professor, Criminology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa on February 22, 2023 at 6:23 pm
A recent study highlights how mass surveillance of Muslim communities by Canadian intelligence is based on racist stereotypes about Muslims.
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