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How the Consumer Computer is Consuming Computing

"It is no coincidence today’s preeminent technology companies are really advertising companies and shopping malls." ~ Beyond the Frame takes a look at the increasingly adversarial nature of Human Computer Interaction.
posted by schmudde on Aug 29, 2022 - 0 comments

Advisory Circular LA

Advisory Circular LA is a twitter bot that tweets, in real time, when it detects aircraft flying in circles over the Los Angeles metro area. Helicopters and fixed wing aircraft flown by news stations, police departments, and fire departments are an ambient part of LA airspace, and one of their most stereotypical behaviors is flying in circles over something interesting. Every circle tells a story, and this bot begins to surface those stories. [more inside]
posted by jjwiseman on Dec 23, 2019 - 1 comment

The End of Privacy: a podcast series on the collision between journalism and privacy

I'm producing a five-part podcast series on the intersection of journalism and privacy issues. Episode one, When Governments Spy on Journalists, went live today. It looks at the spyware-maker Hacking Team and journalists who spent years under surveillance by the London Metro Police. With guests from The Intercept and Privacy International.
posted by not_the_water on Aug 24, 2015 - 0 comments

What Is TOR? or "The face of the surveillance state is totally an octopus in a top hat"

WHAT IS TOR: A poster for the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Molly Crabapple and myself explains what the TOR network of anonymous nodes does, why it's important, and what you can do to help, via the medium of cartoon raccoons in waistcoats.
posted by The Whelk on Jun 8, 2011 - 6 comments

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