The illusion of security: the expansion of surveillance and the reality of opression
The situation in Hong Kong offers a reality that serves as a warning to all the world's populations, as many states plan to expand the surveillance infrastructure. When technological advances…
Biometric stubbornness
Countries around the globe are playing a big role in public life with biometric surveillance, always driven under the pretext of security problems and technological modernization. Australia seeks to impose…
Digital control to impose ideological doctrines
The drive for a broaden censorship, leverage the financial control of organizations to enforce arbitrary ideological norms indicates a rigid and stringent trend, which can open doors to greater surveillance,…
Indirect censorship: how regulations could be used to control free expression
Judge Kuhl's decision highlights an emerging legal trend: algoritmic design options are no longer mere technicalities but potentially actionable behaviors. This change gives courts and by extension regulators powerful tools…
The expansive use of surveillance with facial recognition systems
The current application of digitisation, biometrics and surveillance cameras, far from contributing to public security, leans towards authoritarian control rather than social stability. The UK's increasing use of LFR, targeting…
An era of control over tourist areas
When digital systems become common, they are control tools. The very essence of travel - freedom of movement, independence and privacy - risks being lost forever.
If only being alone could escape digital oppression…
If one could escape digital oppression, one would do so, avoiding also enduring a path full of resistance and hostility, especially from those expressly blinded by the deceptions and slogans…
In the Name of Security: Monitoring Online Chats
So-called security measures - warnings, surveillance of artificial intelligence conversations and surveillance - are far from benign. They are part of an effort to harass dissidents, dismantle privacy and justify…
Digital Identities for "Security" and the Threat to Personal Freedom
Digital identities consist of creating a system in which privacy is sacrificed by the illusion of security. These measures are not for security; they are control tools that permanently alter…
To prevent fraud, they insist on biometric systems.
The narrative surrounding biometrics emphasizes its potential to combat identity fraud, reduce theft, and improve personal security. But a more critical perspective suggests that these claims are too optimistic and…