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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Privacy, surveillance and the state-corporate symbiosisThe relationship between governments and private corporations is defined by symbiotic, complex interdependence. How...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTorture, the UK's role, "I'm satisfied that our system is dealing with all of these issues"A new Senate report lays bare US involvement in torture. As for Britain's collusion, well, you'll just have to take...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance just doesn’t workIt is possible, desirable and respectful of human rights to conduct targeted surveillance on identified suspects...
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Published in: HomeEric Hobsbawm and MI5He was an increasingly isolated figure, regarded at the time with a contempt and hostility from some Party...
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Published in: HomeBrazil doubles down on cyber securityThe out-sized military response risks compromising citizens’ fundamental rights. If Brazil is to build a cyber...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Where is civil society in the EU’s new Maritime Security Strategy?The new EU ‘Maritime Security Strategy’ neglects civil society and raises concerns over fundamental rights.
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Published in: HomeThoughts on autonomous weapons systems and meaningful human control of cyberIn cyber, borders, states, agencies – the traditional ways of organising international cooperation and communication...
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Published in: HomeThe cooling wars of cyber space in a remote eraHyperbolic language used to describe the potential consequences of cyber attacks has contributed to the...
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Published in: HomePrivatizing security: talking with Lou PingeotNational security entrusted to the market's private military and security companies can only address the symptoms,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Every call you dial’: Limiting the reach of mass surveillance
A new film, CITIZENFOUR, examines the extraordinary reach of today's surveillance culture and calls for a proper...
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Published in: HomeThe Snowden reboot
On working with Edward Snowden, and how he changed the way we view our world. Interview.
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Published in: Participation NowThe Quantified Self community, lifelogging and the making of “smart” publicsGary Wolf, co-founder, suggests that self-tracking and life-logging data may be about us, but they should also be...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Challenging the era of mass surveillanceProtecting our fundamental rights against the destructive effect of mass surveillance is an essential task that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why your government doesn’t want you on a strict privacy diet, and what you can do about itAs Snowden’s revelations have had little impact on our online habits, expecting national governments or the EU to...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Fourth Branch: the rise of the national security state
Though the US may be finally addressing some of the fictions propping up its security policies, the question...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageA digital agenda for the new High Commissioner for Human RightsPromoting, protecting and fulfilling human rights requires a secure Internet, but states misuse cyber security...
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Published in: openSecurityA clear-eyed look at mass surveillanceThe Snowden revelations on mass surveillance practices, especially by the US and UK, have triggered a global...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What will it take to end mass surveillance in the EU?As European governments refuse to act on the issue of mass surveillance, it becomes clear that the fight against...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance post-Snowden: an unbalanced debatePeople are entitled to privacy on the Internet just as they have a right to privacy in all other areas of their...