Archives: Surveillance

Friday, May 1, 2020

Tracking COVID-19

By Ghadah Alrasheed Whenever there is a crisis, people often go to technology for “help”. It is what historians and cultural scholars describe as “technological optimism”. It means that technology evokes hopeful aspirations for people whenever they struggle with large issues and crises. So when physical communication is interrupted,... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

[I-lluminate] Exploring the Dark Web: Where Terrorists Hide?

by Ghadah Alrasheed & Brandon Rigato One area that has not received adequate attention in the vast academic literature surrounding extremist movements and their use of the Internet is the Dark Web, whose websites are vaguely assumed to work as hubs for terrorists, drug-traffickers, and gangs. The structure, mechanisms, and impact of dark... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

[I-lluminate] Exploring the Dark Web: TOR for Activism

By Nasreen Rajani    The Tor browser – often mistaken as being the “dark net” itself and seen as being synonymous with illegal or nefarious activities – has become a useful platform for activists who require privacy and anonymity, and one has been attracting increasing attention from activists and citizens alike in recent... More

Saturday, November 18, 2017

When Big Brother Lives at Home: New Digital Technologies Make it Easier For Parents to Spy on their Kids…and everyone else, too.

  Have you ever wondered how fast your teen is driving when not under your watchful eye? Or wish you could block them from online dating and chat sites? Maybe turn their phone off - even lock it down - after a pre-set time limit? Or even track their GPS location? Well, the good... More

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone: Surveillance and detection of ‘illegal immigrants’ in the U.K. through schoolchildren

  A secret program in the UK has been using the school system’s data collection to uncover illegal migrants by identifying those children attending public school. In a recent interview with the Guardian, Martha Spurrier, the director of Liberty in the UK, accused the program of turning the Department of Education “into a border... More

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