(In)security

2021-05-01T09:13:32+02:00

The following article from The Economist China’s aversion to encryption technologies — which would make mass surveillance more difficult — makes the country’s networks vulnerable …

2021-04-23T18:13:50+02:00

An article from The Economist mentions how drone technology gets transported from the battlefields of Iraq to American cities: The notion of putting cameras on orbit­ing drones to …

2021-04-08T22:48:13+02:00

Two recent articles from BBC Future deal with meta-data and possibilities of surveillance in two everyday technologies: This article explains how photographs can have a unique …

2021-02-20T10:57:35+01:00

Rich Mogull writes at TidBITS (a blog focusing on Apple products and technologies) about Apple’s latest Platform Security user guide. He notes how the emphasis for increasing …

2020-12-23T12:22:03+01:00

The Guardian published this great piece of investigative journalism on the funding of research on security technologies through EU-funded research programmes (such as Horizon …

2020-11-04T09:16:06+01:00

Member of the European Parliament Sofie in ’t Veld wrote an article on about:intel about the reliance on foreign and US technologies in EU domestic security, such as Palantir. …

2020-10-12T11:46:03+02:00

An article from CNET reports on the use of “keyword warrants” in police investigations the US: Typically, probable cause is needed for search warrants, which are associated with a …

2020-07-07T10:32:31+02:00

The Business of War: SOFEX Via The Sociologist’s Dojo

2020-07-04T18:15:58+02:00

Two new video’s I liked from Vox. Of course in their trademark style, but I gained interesting insights on some of the current events in the US: Why America’s police look like …

2020-06-13T18:44:46+02:00

In an article at MIT Technology Review, Ethan Zuckerman makes an interesting point on how years of police body cams and bystander cellphone video has not stopped police violence. …