Belarusian hackers on what it means to be a 'Cyberpartisan' The group is behind the opening salvo of politically motivated ransomware attacks q&a Glenn Kates
Internet shutdowns gain popularity, and obscurity While some internet take-downs make headlines, others serious and trivial never make the light of day roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
Bizarre biometrics for goats, cows, and people too Scientists are inventing butt detection tech for people and facial recognition for goats. Here are some of the strangest biometric identification under development roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
Kazakhstan shut down its internet. These programmers opened a backdoor The internet blackout fueled fear, panic and even deaths. Thousands of people in Kazakhstan were able to get online thanks to a crusading band of expat technologists. feature Katia Patin
Millennial authoritarianism rises in Brazil as Bolsonaro takes on TikTok With his poll numbers falling, President Jair Bolsonaro tries to overhaul the social media strategy that brought him to power feature Fernanda Seavon
Can’t take my eyes off you From Kraftwerk to Prodigy, musicians have sounded warnings about surveillance. It’s time to start listening to what they have to say roundup Masho Lomashvili
Biggest surveillance investigations in 2021 It has been a banner year for investigations into how surveillance technology is fueling authoritarianism and undermining democracy worldwide. Here are a few stories you shouldn’t miss roundup Caitlin Thompson
Five Coda stories you definitely should not miss Here are some of the stories we did this year that deserve your attention if you'd like to understand the world of authoritarian technology and disinformation roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
Think about surveillance a lot? Here are podcasts you should listen to From voice recognition software to watching the neighbors through a window, here are the podcast episodes on surveillance that have you covered roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
Surveillance A blanket of surveillance covers Calais, but more migrants are dying at sea than ever before France and the UK are in bitter conflict about how to stop perilous Channel crossings — and it appears that technology is not the answer feature Isobel Cockerell
Can the decentralized web help to protect human rights? In an age of internet shutdowns, takedown requests and deepfakes, the race is on to create a resilient and verifiable archive for the work of campaigners and citizen journalists q&a Caitlin Thompson
‘These ID cards have so much power.’ Meet the teen gymnasts fighting for an official identity If this gymnastics team wins their citizenship case, they can help millions of stateless Pakistanis get digital identification cards video Katia Patin
Marooned: Karachi’s stateless fishermen Ethnic minority groups in Pakistan have long lived in legal limbo without ID cards dispatch Alizeh Kohari
Life in Pakistan without a digital ID In a nation where biometric identification permeates almost every aspect of life, thousands of people have had their ID cards suddenly blocked, rendering them essentially stateless. Here are some of their stories feature Alizeh Kohari
‘Surveillance’ doesn’t begin to describe what Beijing is doing to Uyghurs Researcher and writer Vicky Xiuzhong Xu talks about the way the Chinese state has penetrated every aspect of life in Xinjiang — and targeted her, thousands of miles away, in Australia q&a Isobel Cockerell
