mass surveillance
Ubiquitous Surveillance Cameras Are Changing Our Understanding of Human Behavior
Surveillance footage is providing new insights into how humans interact in public. But should scientists be able to see it?
Zimbabwe Is Trying to Build a China Style Surveillance State
“It has everything it needs to give the ruling Zanu-PF party and its agents in government the legal basis to imprison opponents using the internet.”
Smart CCTV Networks Are Driving an AI-Powered Apartheid in South Africa
In one of the world’s most racially divided countries, a company called Vumacam is building a nationwide surveillance network that scrutinizes peoples' movements for “unusual behavior.”
China Is Accused of Destroying Its Mosques
A new investigation suggests that mosques in the Xinjiang province have been completely or almost completely razed.
This Week's Waypoints Is About Repression, Nature, and Escape
The struggle to relate to one another, and to our world.
This SIM Card Forces All of Your Mobile Data Through Tor
"This is about sticking a middle finger up to mobile filtering, mass surveillance."
Dutch voters just shot down a major spying law that would allow DNA database
The legislation may now face revision, even though the prime minister supports it.
The Ongoing Trauma of the Muslim Students an Undercover Cop Spied on For 4 Years
A new documentary, "Watched," examines the story of an undercover NYPD officer who spent four years infiltrating a group of Muslim college students—and the harrowing psychological effects on two young Muslim women who had to live under such invasive...
The Troubling Metadata Sharing Program That Was Just Revealed in the UK
Through MILKWHITE, low level agencies such as the Metropolitan Police can access metadata collected by GCHQ.
The RCMP Are Being Investigated Over Controversial Spy Tech
The use of "StingRays" in Canada may finally come to light.
Canadian Spies Get Spanked Again For Sharing Citizens' Data With the NSA
Two new reports say Canada's spy agencies have been playing fast-and-loose with the metadata it collects from Canadians.