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…
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…
Buy yourself a shackle! is the latest in security
Are you tired of the same boring old accessories? You want to show everyone that you're really connected? Well, don't look any further! We present you the smart shackle -…
The growing trend of censorship in the digital age: the alarming use of online violence as a pretext for repression
The exploitation of "online violence" as a justification for censorship and surveillance is a worrying development that deserves serious attention. The expansion of cybervigilance and the measurement of digital identity,…
Biometrics is more useful for phishing than for preventing it
Governments show facial recognition and digital identity as the ultimate protection against identity theft and unauthorized access. However, "security" problems actually lie in databases and computer systems. This highlights that…