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MI5 Lied...for years: a win for privacy
01:04:34
In January 2023, the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal handed down a landmark judgment. The Tribunal held that there were “very serious failings” at the highest levels of MI5 - the UK's domestic intelligence agency - to comply with privacy safeguards from as early as 2014, and that successive Home Secretaries did not to enquire into or resolve these long-standing rule-breaking despite obvious red flags. In this episode, we talk to Meg Goulding, a lawyer at the UK-based campaigning organisation, Liberty, who was a solicitor instructed on the case, and Nour Haidar, a lawyer and member of the legal team at PI to discuss what this ruling actually means for the ongoing fight against mass surveillance. The way our data was handled by MI5 amounts to a significant intrusion into potentially millions of people’s fundamental right to privacy. This case was a critical mechanism of holding MI5 accountable for failing to handle the data they hold in a lawful manner. Agencies tasked with protecting national security process huge amounts of sensitive information. Due to the nature of their work, their operations can’t be subjected to the same levels of scrutiny and transparency that we can demand of other government institutions, yet they are not above the law. That is why this case is so important: it is one of the only tools we have to ensure that our right to privacy is respected by the UK intelligence agencies. - PI's Q&A explaining the judgment - PI's Long-read explaining arguments in the case, including key disclosure |
Mar 03, 2023 |
Producing Real Change: Our 2022
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This week we're having our own little christmas party, discussing things we've achieved throughout 2022. Read more about the things we've achieved throughout the year, and donate to PI as much or as little as you can afford. Credits: As ever, with a huge thank you to Sepia! dj997 via freesound |
Dec 23, 2022 |
How to Investigate Digital Forensics: Speaking to the UK's Former Forensics Regulator
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This week we speak to Gillian Tully, the UK’s former forensic regulator about the importance and challenges that come with trying to ensure that forensic evidence submitted in court is of a high quality. LinksMore about Gillian Tully: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/gillian-tully Original Phone Extraction podcast: https://privacyinternational.org/video/3786/podcast-extraction GOS tag complaint: Challenge to systemic quality failures of GPS tags submitted to Forensic Science Regulator Why Forensics Matter: Immigration officers and the quality of evidence in the UK: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4740/why-forensics-matter-immigration-officers-and-quality-evidence-uk Push This Button For Evidence: Digital Forensics: https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3022/push-button-evidence-digital-forensics Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists: https://www.wired.com/story/modified-elephant-planted-evidence-hacking-police/ Unpacking the evidence elasticity of digital traces: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2022.2103946 Forensic science and the criminal justice system: a blueprint for change (House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee report): https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldsctech/333/33302.htm NIST Computer Forensics Tool Testing Program (CFTT) https://www.nist.gov/itl/ssd/software-quality-group/computer-forensics-tool-testing-program-cftt Post Office Horizon scandal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036 With my fridge as my witness?! https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3026/my-fridge-my-witness |
Dec 16, 2022 |
Corporate Power with Cory Doctorow
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This week we're talking to Cory Doctorow about his new book Chokepoint Capitalism - coauthored with Rebecca Giblin, his as yet unpublished next book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, and how corporate power is shaping our rights. Quick corrections! - GDPR compensation is in theory possible through court action: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/data-protection-and-journalism/taking-your-case-to-court-and-claiming-compensation/ - GDPR Article 80(2) not Section 20 something as I stated! Links - Cory's website: https://craphound.com/ - Chokepoint Capitalism coauthored with Rebecca Giblin: https://doctorow.medium.com/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism-b885c4cb2719 - Giphy and Meta: https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/4911/uk-tribunal-agrees-metas-acquisition-giphy-harms-competition - Chokepoint Capitalism: the audiobook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/chokepoint-capitalism-an-audiobook-amazon-wont-sell - How to leave dying social media platforms (without losing your friends): https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-leave-dying-social-media-platforms-9fc550fe5ab - Cory on Mastodon: https://mamot.fr/@doctorow and https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic - PI on Mastodon: https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint - Crad Kilodney documentary: https://vimeo.com/108567007 - Algorithms Exposed: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/825974 or https://algorithms.exposed/ - Bush V Gore election scandal: https://www.britannica.com/event/Bush-v-Gore - Goldacre report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-broader-safer-using-health-data-for-research-and-analysis - Amazon and NHS: https://privacyinternational.org/node/3298 - Rida Qadri: https://ridaqadri.net/research/ and some of her writing on tuyul apps: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvpng/delivery-drivers-are-using-grey-market-apps-to-make-their-jobs-suck-less - Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again : https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/illegal-math.html - Dan Kaminsky's work on Colour blindness: https://dankaminsky.com/2010/12/15/dankam/ - How to get the most out of your Data Subject Access Request: https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3845/71-tips-how-make-most-out-your-dsar |
Dec 09, 2022 |
EdTech needs Schooling
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This week we're talking about Education Technology: what is it? Why are schools using it? Is it safe? How can we make sure that children aren't being asked to sacrifice their right to privacy in order to access their right to an education? Links - Read more of our work on EdTech: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/edtech - Find out more about Google Classroom in Denmark: https://www.wired.com/story/denmark-google-schools-data/ - Taser drones: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/06/school-taser-drone-programme-paused-after-ethics-board-exodus - We're tracking the use of EdTech around the world, you can find out more here: https://privacyinternational.org/example/edtech |
Nov 17, 2022 |
Got PimEyes on you
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This week we speak to Sebastian Meineck, a journalist from Netzpolitik about PimEyes, a free(ish) face search engine similar to Clearview, but for public consumption. Please note this podcast was recorded before Sebastian and Netzpolitik were able to talk to PimEyes CEO Gobronidze in person. You can read that interview here: https://netzpolitik.org/2022/pimeyes-ceo-the-user-is-the-stalker-not-the-search-engine/ Links Find more of Sebastian's work here: https://sebastianmeineck.wordpress.com/ More of Netzpolitik's work on PimEyes here: https://netzpolitik.org/tag/pimeyes/ Read more of PI's work on facial recognition: https://privacyinternational.org/learn/facial-recognition And our work on Clearview: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/get-out-our-face-clearview |
Sep 23, 2022 |
Maternal Health and Family Planning in the Middle East: Gender and Power
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In this episode, Alexandrine Pirlot de Corbion, our Director of Strategy, speaks to Nour El Arnaout, from the Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut, Lebanon and Yousef Khader, from the Global Health Development, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network and the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, about digital health in the Middle East and North Africa and in particular digital maternal health and family planning initiatives they are working on, the impact of gender inequality, and the risks involved. Nour El Arnaout is a division manager at the Global Health Insitute at the American University of Beirut, where she also co-ordinates the Institutes's E-Sahha programme focussed on e-health and digital health. She has more than 7 years experience in projects and programmes management, operational management and research, and leads the implementation of large scale field based projects in underserved communities in Lebanon including refugee settlements. She is working on a project called: The Gamification, Artificial Intelligence and mHealth Network for Maternal Health Improvement. Yousef Khaderb is a professor of Epidemiology and biostatistics at the Faculty of Medicine at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, he is a fellow for public health at the royal college of physicians UK through distinction and has published more than 650 scientific papers in highly reputable journals. He is working on a project called: Governing Digital Personal Data to Strengthen Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services Delivery in Fragile Settings in Palestine and Jordan. Both projects are funded by IDRC: https://www.idrc.ca/en. Links - Read more from Yousef and Nour about their projects, and gender and power in maternal health: https://ai-med.io/analysis/context-gender-power-and-choices/ - Read more about Nour's project: https://ghi.aub.edu.lb/esp/ - You can read more from Yousef in the below papers which he contributed to: - Midwives and women's perspectives on family planning in Jordan: human rights, gender equity, decision-making and power dynamics: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34458635/ - Perceptions Toward the Use of Digital Technology for Enhancing Family Planning Services: Focus Group Discussion With Beneficiaries and Key Informative Interview With Midwives: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34319250/ - Do modern family planning methods impact women's quality of life? Jordanian women's perspective: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31615524/ |
Aug 05, 2022 |
Talking to People about Privacy
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This week we talk to Ina Sander from Cardiff University about how to talk to people about privacy, drawing on her research looking at how to teach 'critical data literacy' in schools. You can find a resource for teachers we've been working with Ina on here: https://privacyinternational.org/learning-resources/teaching-about-data-resource-educators You can read more about critical data literacy here: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/what-critical-big-data-literacy-and-how-can-it-be-implemented You can find the database of resources for teaching about big data and algorithmic systems Ina mentions here: https://www.bigdataliteracy.net/database/ You can find PI's guides to help you and your loved ones protect yourselves online: https://privacyinternational.org/act |
Jun 10, 2022 |
The EU, the Sahel and the Externalisation of Surveillance
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While being the world’s largest provider of aid, Europe also exports surveillance around the world by training police, providing surveillance techand building widescale databases. While the benefits for European arms and security companies is clear, how this helps those it’s supposed to is less obvious. We sat down with investigative journalist Giacomo to talk more about the impact of this financial flow to security forces and surveillance. Links Giacomo’s report on Europe’s Shady Funds to Border Forces in the Sahel https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3223/europes-shady-funds-border-forces-sahel Giacomo’s report on The European Chase for Saharan Smugglers https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3347/european-chase-saharan-smugglers Privacy International’s disclosures on the EU’s surveillance aid https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4291/surveillance-disclosures-show-urgent-need-reforms-eu-aid-programmes You can follow Giacomo at @giacomo_zando |
Jun 03, 2022 |
Surveillance: Made in Italy and sold around the world
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Hundreds of companies around the world which develop and sell surveillance tech used to spy on people, making everything from malware used by governments to hack into phones to mass internet surveillance tools to monitor nationwide internet traffic. Italy is one of the main producers. We spoke to investigative journalists Lorenzo and Riccardo from IRPI Media who have been digging into these companies. Links You can check out IRPI Media at https://irpi.eu Their series on surveillance (in Italian) is at https://irpimedia.irpi.eu/sorveglianze/ Their report on Med-Or (in English) is at https://irpimedia.irpi.eu/en-surveillances-medor-leonardo-marco-minniti/ Their report on Cy4Gate (in English) is at https://irpimedia.irpi.eu/en-surveillances-cy4gate-united-arab-emirates/ |
May 27, 2022 |
Violence at the EU’s borders: Tech and surveillance in Europe’s Human Rights Crisis
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The migration crisis in 2015 brutally exposed the divisions in Europe. People who fled war and make it to Europe are being met with violence and intrusive surveillance at the border at the hands of state authorities. We sat down with Natalie & Sergio from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to learn more about the situation at Europe’s borders. This is the first episode in our Border Surveillance series. Join us next week for Surveillance: Made in Italy and sold around the world. Links Josoor International Solidarity’s website is at https://www.josoor.net No Name Kitchen’s website https://www.nonamekitchen.org Border Violence Monitoring Network’s Website is at https://www.borderviolence.eu Their reports documenting violence and trends in Greece and the Balkans route are at https://www.borderviolence.eu/category/monthly-report/ Lighthouse Report’s investigations on pushbacks in the Aegean are available at https://www.lighthousereports.nl/investigation/aegean-pushbacks-lead-to-drowning/ Privacy Internationa’s disclosures on the EU’s surveillance aid https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4291/surveillance-disclosures-show-urgent-need-reforms-eu-aid-programmes |
May 20, 2022 |
Upcoming: Border Surveillance
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This is a brief programming note. The next three weeks we'll be releasing episodes of a new mini-series looking at how surveillance is spreading around the world, driven by Europe’s war on migration and a complex web of surveillance and arms companies. Join Edin, PI's advocacy director, and some fascinating guests every Friday for the next three weeks for: Border Surveillance. Then we'll be back to our Technology Pill episodes. Enjoy! |
May 18, 2022 |
Corporate Spies Gone Wild
00:33:28
This week talk to Franz Wild from the Bureau of Investigative Journalists to discuss how the UK became a haven for the private intelligence industry and how corporate spies have been allowed to run wild. Links: The Enablers by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/the-enablers PI’s report: https://privacyinternational.org/report/4850/briefing-controlling-uks-private-intelligence-industry Submit your podcast questions: pvcy.org/questions Sign up to our mailing list: pvcy.org/podsignup |
May 06, 2022 |
Not Fine: A Clearview Update
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This week's episode is a grab bag of Clearview updates - from our latest campaign to their latest fine. Links Italy fine: https://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9751362 Our legal action: https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/challenge-against-clearview-ai-europe; The ICO decision: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4714/icos-announcement-about-clearview-ai-lot-more-just-ps17-million-fine Use of Clearview AI by police illegal under Belgian law, says Belgian interior minister: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/belgian-police-admit-using-controversial-facial-recognition-software/2388953 Clearview in Ukraine: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4806/clearviewukraine-partnership-how-surveillance-companies-exploit-war Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/16/clearview-expansion-facial-recognition/ The pledge: https://pvcy.org/dodgydata |
Apr 15, 2022 |
NSO Group: Civil society's battle against government hacking
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This week we're taking a look at NSO Group - a tech firm that sells a hacking capability to governments around the world - and government hacking more generally. Links - Edin mentioned 'a journalist and her son' being targeted; their names are Carmen and Emilio Aristegui. You can find out more about people targeted in Mexico by a government buyer of NSO Group tech: https://citizenlab.ca/2017/06/reckless-exploit-mexico-nso/ - Keep up to date with ongoing litigation against NSO Group around the globe here: https://citizenlab.ca/2018/12/litigation-and-other-formal-complaints-concerning-targeted-digital-surveillance-and-the-digital-surveillance-industry/#NSO - Read our report, together with Amnesty International and SOMO, on NSO Group's corporate structure here: https://www.privacyinternational.org/report/4531/operating-shadows-inside-nso-groups-corporate-structure - Find more examples of harm involving NSO group here: https://privacyinternational.org/examples/nso-group - As revelations about the abuses of NSO Group's spyware continue, we took a look at what is being done around the world to challenge the surveillance tech industry and the powers they sell, see our call for a multi-pronged approach here: Taming Pegasus: A Way Forward on Surveillance Tech Proliferation https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4602/taming-pegasus-way-forward-surveillance-tech-proliferation - See how hacking can be used at a protest and how you can minimise risks to your data here: https://www.privacyinternational.org/explainer/4493/how-hacking-can-be-used-protest - Government hacking poses unique and grave threats to our privacy and security, here are our recommendations for necesssary safeguards around government hacking: https://www.privacyinternational.org/demand/government-hacking-safeguards - Q&A: PI case - UK High Court judgment on general warrants and government hacking explained: https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/4361/qa-pi-case-uk-high-court-judgment-general-warrants-and-government-hacking-explained |
Mar 22, 2022 |
Update: Marketing, Maternity, and the data supply chain
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In 2020, two weeks before the UK headed into the first nationwide lockdown, we published a podcast about a marketing company being given access to hospital maternity wards. Now, almost 2 years to the day, we're coming back to you with an update about how companies operating data broking services, as Bounty did, are causing headaches for brands using personal data for targeted advertising. Links More information about how Bounty illegally exploited the data of 14 million mothers and babies: https://pvcy.org/podillegalexploitation Sign up to our corporate exploitation email list to find out more about our work on brands and the advertising supply chain: https://pvcy.org/podsignup Original podcast: https://privacyinternational.org/video/3787/podcast-marketing-and-maternity ---------- Orginally Recorded 12th March 2020. We can’t believe we’re having to say this, but the hours after giving birth are private. If you’re a parent, you may have heard of Bounty, a sales and marketing company allowed access to hospital maternity wards and approach women who have just given birth. This doesn’t happen on any other hospital ward. Can you imagine coming round from major surgery to find a stranger trying to sell you stuff? The physical invasion of privacy is bad enough, but delving into the company’s relationship with you and your baby’s personal data reveals some surprises. |
Mar 04, 2022 |
2021: Looking back
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This episode we look back at the predictions we made about 2021, What turned out to be true? What turned out better than we could have hoped? What turned out worse? Links Our predictions from 2021: pvcy.org/2021predictions Clearview UK provisional fine: pvcy.org/clearUKfine Clearview legal trouble in France: pvcy.org/clearFrance Clearview investments: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/clearview-ai-valuation.html TRIPS waiver: https://www.devex.com/news/where-are-we-on-covid-19-after-a-year-of-trips-waiver-negotiations-101795 Travel podcast: pvcy.org/PITravel Patent-free vaccine: https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/patent-free-coronavirus-vaccine-protein-subunit/ Mental health podcast: pvcy.org/podmentalhealth David works for the Mental Health Foundation: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ Google unionise: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html The 'Great Resignation': https://www.ft.com/content/857bdeba-b61b-4012-ab82-3c9eb19506df PI has been working with two unions on our managed by bots campaign: pvcy.org/podbots Complicated history of plagues and workers: https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2013/10/21/plagued-by-dear-labour Indian National Education Plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Policy_2020 Ugandan Election: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c9vyzlr1ek2t/uganda-election-2021 Crypto mining trouble: https://www.wired.com/story/kazakhstan-cryptocurrency-mining-unrest-energy/ US commitment to reduce methane: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59137828 Cop26 commitments: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/14/india-criticised-over-coal-at-cop26-but-real-villain-was-climate-injustice Apple's valuation: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/6/visualising-apples-3-trillion-market-valuation Facebook value drop: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/03/facebooks-232point6-billion-drop-in-value-sets-all-time-record.html The Metaverse: https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse/ Predictions for 2022: pvcy.org/2022predictions |
Feb 04, 2022 |
2022: Looking forward
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In this episode we look forward at the rest of 2022 and make our predictions about what to look out for in the year ahead. Links Teens and Facebook: https://fortune.com/2021/10/25/facebook-teens-usage-harm-studies/ Frances Haugen and Instagram: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59038506 Facebook and Metaverse: https://www.ft.com/content/76d40aac-034e-4e0b-95eb-c5d34146f647 Metaverse and Bandwidth: https://www.ft.com/content/09d244a2-34a2-4f62-9747-5064d76cb286 EFF on new Google replacement for cookies: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/googles-floc-terrible-idea Google's follow up plan to replace cookies: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-floc-cookies-chrome-topics EV cars and the national grid: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/electric-vehicle-charging-market The gates of hell: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/turkmenistan-gates-hell-fire-extinguish South Africa, Omicron, and travel: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/omicron-covid-africa-travel Patent-free covid vaccine: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/15/corbevax-covid-vaccine-texas-scientists Covid vaccine plastic bag shortage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57024322 James Webb telescope: https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-turns-on-cameras Human trails for Elon Musks' brain chip: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/20/elon-musk-brain-chip-firm-neuralink-lines-up-clinical-trials-in-humans |
Feb 04, 2022 |
Christmas Present Privacy
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Merry Christmas. We hope you enjoy your day tomorrow. This week we're bringing you tips for how to spot and deal with things that worry you about the gifts you or your kids may recieve tomorrow. Links Donate to PI and get your facemask: pvcy.org/donatepill Mozilla's *privacy not included project: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ US PIRG's Trouble in Toyland: https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/Trouble-In-Toyland Roomba home maps: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/6/17817220/irobot-roomba-i7-robot-vacuum-empties-itself-maps-house and concerns from 2017 about Roomba sharing that information: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/roomba-irobot-data-privacy.html ICO advice: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2017/11/blog-the-12-ways-that-christmas-shoppers-can-keep-children-and-data-safe-when-buying-smart-toys-and-devices/ Extra audio credit details in order of appearance: dj997 (additional bells) Marta Tsvettsikh (fire sound) waxsocks (ding dong merrily) |
Dec 24, 2021 |
Tech Research: includes a free gift
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Today we're launching our Data Interception Environment for everyone to use. We've used it to research everything from low cost phones, to menstruation apps, and now we’re making it available so that you can do your own research on how your apps use your data. Links |
Dec 17, 2021 |
Victory! A Clearview update: some (provisionally) good news from the UK
00:14:27
The ICO has provisionally issued a £17 million fine against facial recognition company Clearview AI Read more about the ICO's provisional decision here: https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/4706/victory-ico-provisionally-issues-ps17-million-fine-against-facial-recognition Support our work here: pvcy.org/donatepill You can find out more about Clearview by listening to our podcast: The end of privacy? The spread of facial recognition |
Dec 03, 2021 |
Unhealthy diet of targeted ads
00:35:49
This week we talk to Daniel Magson, who has been campaigning to stop diet ad companies from targeting people with eating disorders, and Eva Blum-Dumontet, who wrote PI's recent report on the data collected by diet companies. PI's diet ads report: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4603/unhealthy-diet-targeted-ads-investigation-how-diet-industry-exploits-our-data More information on Instagram, targeted ads, and Frances Haugen - the Facebook whistleblower: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4622/reduce-facebooks-harms-teens-target-its-data-hungry-business-model |
Nov 26, 2021 |
Covid and Tech: A view from Colombia
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This week we talk to Juan Diego from Fundación Karisma - one of our partners based in Colombia - about the use of technology in the response to the Covid pandemic and their report "Useless and Dangerous: A Critical Exploration of Covid Applications and Their Human Rights Impacts in Colombia". |
Nov 12, 2021 |
Humanitarian data after Afghanistan
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This week we talk to Massimo Marelli, Head of the Data Protection Office at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to discuss the use of data by humanitarian organisations in light of the serious concerns around data left behind in the US's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the risks presented by humanitarian agencies' increasing collection and use of data. Links Read more about the Humanitarian Metadata Problem in our report on doing no harm in the digital age co-authored with the ICRC here: https://privacyinternational.org/report/2509/humanitarian-metadata-problem-doing-no-harm-digital-era And you can learn more about the history of development and humanitarian donors and agencies rush to adopt new technologies that threaten the right to privacy - in out Aiding Surveillance report from 2013: https://privacyinternational.org/report/841/aiding-surveillance You can find more from Massimo and his work at the ICRC here: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/contributor/massimo-marelli/ And you can read the ICRC's Handbook on data protection in humanitarian action here: https://www.icrc.org/en/data-protection-humanitarian-action-handbook You can join the ICRC's 'Digitharium' - a global forum to discuss and debate digital transformation within the humanitarian sector, with a focus on humanitarian protection, policy, ethics and action here: https://www.icrc.org/en/digitharium You can sign up to learn more about working in data protection at humanitarian organisations here: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/data-protection-officer-dpo-humanitarian-action-certification |
Oct 29, 2021 |
Rebroadcast: Your mental health for sale?
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In honour of Mental Health Awareness Day in the UK we're bringing back this episode from last year. Find out more about the Mental Health Foundation here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ If you're worried about your mental health and want to try the NHS's mood self-assesment you can find it here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mood-self-assessment/ Read our work on mental health here: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/your-mental-health-sale |
Oct 15, 2021 |
Cargo planes, Trains, and Automobiles
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This week we take a look at travel during the pandemic - we chat to staff about where they've been, what it was like, and most importantly: how they got there. |
Oct 01, 2021 |
Summer Reading
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This week we come back from our break to chat to PI staff about what we've been reading or plan to read this summer. Links Lucie's recommedations Clara's recommendations Millie's recommendations - you might recognise Millie's voice from our Phone Extraction podcast Laura's recommendations |
Sep 17, 2021 |
Evading facial recognition
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This week we’re talking to Andreea Belu - Campaigns and Communications Manager at EDRi - about evading facial recognition. We talk about our European Citizen's Iniative to ban facial recognition and how hard it is to guarantee that tools built to allow people to evade facial recognition will actually work. Links - You can find out more about the ECI here: pvcy.org/banbiometrics (If you're a European Citizen you can even sign it!) - You can find EDRi's masks (and their masks for MEP programme) here: https://edri.org/take-action/donate-mask/ and you can find out more about the project here: https://edri.org/our-work/can-a-covid-19-face-mask-protect-you-from-facial-recognition-technology-too/ - You can take the Paper Bag Society challenge on mosts social media platforms - check out the #PaperBagSociety hashtag to find out more - Watch this space (or sign up for our email at https://action.privacyinternational.org/) to find out more about how you can get a mask from PI - The podcast survey is here: pvcy.org/tpsurvey - You can find our Spotter's Guide to Facial Recognition here: https://privacyinternational.org/video/4489/spotters-guide-facial-recognition |
Jul 25, 2021 |
Covid and tech: a view from India
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This week we speak to Pallavi Bedi, Senior Policy Officer at the Centre for Internet and Society in India, about the technology being used in India to co-ordinate vaccine distribution and the response to the pandemic. Links You can find the Co-win vaccination website here: https://www.cowin.gov.in/ You can support PI at pvcy.org/donate and you can find out more about the Centre for Internet and Society at https://cis-india.org/ CIS also have a podcast, it’s called In flux and you can find it on all your favourite podcast apps and at https://in-flux.cis-india.org/ Like and subscribe to the podcast on which ever platform you use. It’s also available on our website at privacyinternational.org |
Jul 09, 2021 |
Covid: Where have we been? Where are we now?
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This week we discuss our experience of Covid so far, where we've been, where we are, and where we're going. Links - Locked down, our recommedations podcast: privacyinternational.org/video/3788/podcast-locked-down - Schools and Covid: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3709/schools-and-covid-19 - Proctoring software and racism: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/8/22374386/proctorio-racial-bias-issues-opencv-facial-detection-schools-tests-remote-learning - Covid contact tracing apps: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3792/covid-contact-tracing-apps-are-complicated-mess-what-you-need-know - Trump and airborne Covid: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/10/trump-says-everyone-knew-the-coronavirus-was-airborne-in-february-its-no-big-thing.html - Shin Bet and communications data: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3747/israels-coronavirus-surveillance-example-others-what-not-do - Netenyahu, covid, and microchipping children: https://privacyinternational.org/examples/3915/israeli-prime-minister-proposes-microchipping-children-enforce-social-distancing - Android, covid tracing, and the log: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22405425/android-google-contact-tracing-bug-privacy - Google and pre-installed apps: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4118/our-response-google-privacy-isnt-luxury - Vaccine passports: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4074/looming-disaster-immunity-passports-and-digital-identity - Covid vaccine trial and vaccine passports: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/06/07/left-in-limbo-barriers-to-covid-passports-for-trial-participants-will-deter-people-from-taking-part-in-research/ |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Biometrics domination under the pretext of combating terrorism
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Biometric data collection and use in the name of countering terrorism has been accelerating around the globe, often abusively, without being effectively regulated or subject to accountability mechanisms This week we talk to Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Counter-Terrorism, Nina Dewi Toft Djanegara about biometrics in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Keren Weitzberg about uses in Somalia and Palestine. Links - Read more about uses in Iraq and Afghanistan - https://privacyinternational.org/report/4529/biometrics-and-counter-terrorism-case-study-iraq-and-afghanistan - Read more about uses in Somalia - https://privacyinternational.org/report/4530/biometrics-and-counter-terrorism-case-study-somalia - Read more about uses in Israel/Palenstine - https://privacyinternational.org/report/4527/biometrics-and-counter-terrorism-case-study-israelpalestine |
Jun 04, 2021 |
The fight back with Edward Snowden
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This week we’re passing the podcast over to Edward Snowden. We found out this week that the judgement in our case at the European Court of Human Rights challenging the UK’s mass surveillance programme of bulk interception, and the UK’s access to information gathered via bulk surveillance by the USA is coming very soon - on the 25 May. It’s been a long road, starting at the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal in 2013, but this case would have happened without Ed’s revelations, which revealed the extent of those surveillance programmes. Which is why (around a year ago now) we sat down with him to talk about this case, mass surveillance and what we can do to fight back. Find out more about the case here: https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/10-human-rights-organisations-v-united-kingdom And support PI here: pvcy.org/donate |
May 21, 2021 |
A eulogy to Yahoo Answers
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On Tuesday, we said goodbye to Yahoo Answers in the appropriate spirit - by answering questions from the Computers and Internet section of Yahoo. Links - Listen to Love Letter and find more from Sepia on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sepiamusicuk/love-letter (he's also on most other music platforms!) - Find out more about Dark Patterns: https://www.darkpatterns.org/ - The Electronic Freedome Foundation on what comes after cookies: https://www.eff.org/issues/online-behavioral-tracking - WHO on COVID vaccine safety: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-vaccines-safety - COVID and social change - our thoughts from earlier in the pandemic: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4074/looming-disaster-immunity-passports-and-digital-identity - Our podcast on immunity passports: https://privacyinternational.org/video/4072/podcast-immunity-passports - Workplace surveillance and Covid-19: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3757/unlocking-workplaces-virtually-locking-workers - Resources on staying safe digitally from control and abuse: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3366/womens-aid-and-privacy-international-launch-digital-information-cards-help-women - Google's policy on "stalkerware": https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4204/stalkerware-wont-disappear-notification - Listen to the Voyager Golden Record on Nasa's soundcloud page - Greetings to the Universe here: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-greetings-to-the - Sounds of Earth here: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-sounds-of - Find out more about Ann Druyan's brain waves here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/28apr_voyager2 - Find out more about Ann Druyan falling in love by listening to this RadioLab podcast: https://www.npr.org/2010/02/12/123534818/carl-sagan-and-ann-druyans-ultimate-mix-tape?t=1619644250998 - Our work on pre-installed apps (and other issues with low-cost phones): https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/privacy-shouldnt-be-luxury - Our podcast on General Warrants: https://privacyinternational.org/video/4418/general-warrants-victory-uk-high-court-and-250-year-old-law - Our survey: pvcy.org/tpsurvey |
May 07, 2021 |
A spotter's guide to facial recognition
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This week we talk about the different kinds of facial recognition and which you might see where. We also chat about the Facebook leak of 553million records. Remember: sign our ECI! pvcy.org/banbiometrics And you can find our survey here: pvcy.org/tpsurvey Links Facebook Leak - Facebook Leak: https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4?r=US&IR=T - Mark Zuckerburg on signal?: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/14595265/mark-zuckerberg-using-whatsapp-rival-signal/ - Irish DPA investigation: https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-under-investigation-in-europe-over-massive-personal-data-leak-gdpr/ - EU implications of the Facebook leak: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-facebook-data-leak-cybersecurity-didier-reynders/ - Facebook use of 2FA: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/12/23/facebook-will-finally-stop-using-2fa-phone-numbers-to-suggest-friends/ - The second cache of phone numbers found by Motherboard: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8dj5/facebook-phone-number-data-breach-telegram-bot Facial Recognition Links * Proctorio and recognising black people'sfaces: https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5gxg3/proctorio-is-using-racist-algorithms-to-detect-faces * Public order offence for avoiding facial recognition: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recognition-cameras-technology-london-trial-met-police-face-cover-man-fined-a8756936.html * Kings cross facial recognition: https://sprivacyinternational.org/case-study/3973/kings-cross-has-been-watching-you-and-police-helped * Function creep in a largely jewish community in Belgium [in Flemish] https://myprivacy.dpgmedia.be/consent?siteKey=6OfBU0sZ5RFXpOOK&callbackUrl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.demorgen.be%2fprivacy-wall%2faccept%3fredirectUri%3d%252fnieuws%252fcamera-s-in-antwerpse-joodse-wijk-controleren-bezoek-aan-synagoges-en-feestzalen%257eb5824508%252f%253freferrer%253dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Ft.co%25252F * Categorisation systems for telling if you're gay: https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/05/ai_gaydar/ |
Apr 16, 2021 |
Spring Cleaning (rebroadcast)
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This week we're rebroadcasting a coversation we had last year with PI's Tech Co-ordination Groups, bringing you tips and tricks about how to start cleaning up and securing your phone or computer. Please note - Whatsapp does now offer disappearing messages. Episode notes Useful info Tech pill survey: pvcy.org/tpsurvey How to minimise targeted ads: privacyinternational.org/act/minimise-targeted-ads Protect yourself from online tracking: privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-online-tracking Social media account settings: privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-social-media-monitoring Our Onion address: privacyintyqcroe.onion Episode Info 6:06 - reasons to delete apps you’re not using 8:00 - 4 things you should do first 8:19 - Updates 9:41 - Password managers Keepass, 1password, Lastpass 13:22 - Has your data been breached? haveibeenpwned.com/ 14:38 - Backups 20:47 - Apps 22:34 - Firewalls Netguard - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard&hl=en_GB Clamwin - clamwin.com 30:27 - When is too old too old 32:54 - iPhone Better Blocker - better.fyi 38:09 - Android 42:11 - Social Media 42:11 Facebook/instagram Facebook TOR address: facebookcorewwwi.onion Zynga hack: theguardian.com/games/2019/dec/19/170m-passwords-stolen-in-zynga-words-with-friends-hack-monitor-says 47:02 - Twitter MicahFlee - delete your tweets: micahflee.com/2019/06/semiphemeral-automatically-delete-your-old-tweets-except-for-the-ones-you-want-to-keep/ Social media monitoring by local authorities - privacyinternational.org/long-read/3586/when-local-authorities-arent-your-friends 51:22 - Email 53:17 - Desktops 53:32 - Windows CCleaner - ccleaner.com/ WinDirStat - windirstat.net/ 57:24 - Mac OS Little snitch - obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html 1:00:02 - Linux Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) - linux.com/training-tutorials/introduction-uncomplicated-firewall-ufw/ Firewall D - firewalld.org/ 1:03:22 Encryption Veracrypt - veracrypt.fr/en/Introduction.html Bitlocker - support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028713/windows-10-turn-on-device-encryption |
Apr 02, 2021 |
Big Brother pays your benefits: We read 995 pages on how to surveil people so you don't have to
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Content warning: this episode includes some disturbing stories of people who have died after having their benefits cut or withdrawn by the UK Department of Work and Pensions This week we're looking at the ways in which the UK Department of Work and Pensions surveil benefit recipients. Links You can find out more about the DWP's surveillance here: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4395/shedding-light-dwp-part-1-we-read-uk-welfare-agencys-995-page-guide-conducting You can find out more about the DWP's alogrithims here: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4397/shedding-light-dwp-part-2-long-days-journey-towards-transparency You can find out more about each of the cases of people who died after their benefits withdrawn below. Errol Graham: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51283186 The 5,000: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/16/people-died-benefits-error Jodey Whiting: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/jodey-whiting-dwp-continued-to-phone-woman-who-took-her-own-life-inquiry-finds/ Phillipa Day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-55826996 David Clapson: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/03/victims-britains-harsh-welfare-sanctions If you're having problems navigating the UK's benefits system Citizen's Advice is a good place to go for help and support: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ |
Mar 19, 2021 |
What does your face say about you? Phrenology, physiognomy and society
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This week we're joined by Dr Courtney Thompson to discuss the history of phrenology and physiognomy and their relationship to modern technologies and culture. Links - Find more of Dr Thompson's work and her book 'An Organ of Murder: Crime, Violence, and Phrenology in Nineteenth-Century America': history.msstate.edu/people/courtney-thompson/ - Or you can find her on twitter at: twitter.com/Dr_C_Thompson - You can see the 'Good and Bad heads' picture in her article 'Rediscovering “Good” and “Bad” Heads in the Phrenological Present' here: nursingclio.org/2020/12/08/rediscovering-good-and-bad-heads-in-the-phrenological-present/ - Find out more about Physogs and Photofit in Courtney's article in Endeavour: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160932719300468?via%3Dihub - You can listen to our podcast on Facial Recognition here: privacyinternational.org/video/4368/podcast-end-privacy-spread-facial-recognition - And you can support Privacy International here: support.privacyinternational.org |
Mar 05, 2021 |
Are you paranoid?
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We hear that we're paranoid a lot - but what is paranoia? What does it mean to be paranoid? And is it all bad? We spoke to Dr David Crepaz-Keay from the Mental Health Foundation to find out. Links - Learn more about mental health at the mental health foundation's website: mentalhealth.org.uk/ - Learn more about PI's work at: privacyinternational.org - You can listen to our first episode with David about tracking on mental health websites here: privacyinternational.org/video/4279/podcast-your-mental-health-sale |
Feb 19, 2021 |
General warrants: Victory at the UK High Court and 250 year old law
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General warrants have been used to authorise wide-ranging property interference and certain forms of computer hacking of large numbers of devices - such as “all mobile phones used by a member of a criminal gang”, without specifying the names or locations of the members. But no longer - the UK High Court has held that the security and intelligence services cannot rely on these warrants, referring back to cases from the 18th century. Find out more: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4359/victory-high-court-against-governments-use-general-warrants |
Feb 05, 2021 |
Data exploitation in reproductive healthcare in Chile
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Paz Peña, an independent consultant based in Chile, about data exploitation in sexual and reproductive healthcare in the country. |
Jan 25, 2021 |
Trans identity in the Philippines
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We've recently released a report looking at the impact of ID systems on transgender people in Argentina, France and the Philippines. To celebrate we're re-releasing this podcast from our archive. It was recorded in 2018 when Eva met two transgender rights activists - Naomi Fontanos and AR Arcon to discuss what the right to privacy means to them and their fight against the government's plan to deploy an ID card system. Our report in English: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4372/my-id-my-identity-impact-id-systems-transgender-people-argentina-france-and Our report in Spanish: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4373/mi-dni-mi-identidad-el-impacto-de-los-sistemas-de-identificacion-sobre-las-personas |
Jan 22, 2021 |
The end of privacy? The spread of facial recognition
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A year ago on Monday the New York Times published an article, by a fantastic tech journalist called Kashmir Hill, about a facial recognition company called Clearview AI called 'The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It' . This episode we talk to a range of experts and journalist about who are Clearview? What are they doing? Why is their business model so problematic? And is the problem Clearview specific? Or is systemic? Links The original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html Info on how to do your own Data Subject Access Request: https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3845/71-tips-how-make-most-out-your-dsar And the template from the ICO: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/your-right-to-get-copies-of-your-data/preparing-and-submitting-your-subject-access-request/ Find more from Ann Cavoukian: https://gpsbydesign.org/ Find out more about the ACLU's legal challenge in Illinois: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-sues-clearview-ai Find out more about Robert Julian-Borchack William's case: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig Read more from Riccardo on facial recognition [italian]: https://www.vice.com/it/article/g5p83w/riconoscimento-facciale-in-italia Find out more about Pimeyes and Daniel's research at Netzpolitik: https://netzpolitik.org/2020/pimeyes-face-search-company-is-abolishing-our-anonymity/ |
Jan 15, 2021 |
2021: What can we expect?
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We give you the run down on the things we expect and are excited for and sometimes apprehensive of in 2021 and give you the lowdown on what's written in your stars for the coming year. Links! If you're worried about your devices and a controlling partner: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3366/womens-aid-and-privacy-international-launch-digital-information-cards-help-women; you can also find out more at women's aid's website: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/cover-your-tracks-online/ Find out more about our court victory here: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4359/victory-high-court-against-governments-use-general-warrants Dr David Crepaz-Keay from the Mental health Foundation: https://privacyinternational.org/video/4279/podcast-your-mental-health-sale Tom and immunity passports: https://privacyinternational.org/video/4072/podcast-immunity-passports Lucy and low cost tech: https://privacyinternational.org/video/3785/podcast-low-cost-tech Lucy and marketing and maternity: https://privacyinternational.org/video/3787/podcast-marketing-and-maternity Eva and smart cities: https://privacyinternational.org/video/4250/smart-whom-tale-smarter-cities |
Jan 09, 2021 |
Data exploitation in reproductive healthcare in Kenya
00:36:25
PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Nerima Were, who is the Program Manager on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights from KELIN. The Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) focuses on creating country-based networks that intersect law, ethics, human rights, and HIV. |
Dec 28, 2020 |
EU Exporting Surveillance
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**Language advisory: Gus does several swearwords this episode including one f-word at 9:45 This week we talk to Edin, PI's Advocacy Director, about documents obtained by he spent a year working on obtaining, that detail how EU agencies ‘outsource’ border controls to neighbouring countries. From surveillance drones to cameras to wiretapping and more - the EU are providing technologies that will be used to crush political and civil freedoms and undermine democracy without urgent reforms. Find out more: |
Dec 04, 2020 |
Data exploitation in reproductive healthcare in Peru
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Denisse Albornoz from Hiperderecho in Peru, which is Peruvian non-profit civil association dedicated to research, facilitating public understanding and promoting respect for rights and freedoms in digital environments. |
Nov 23, 2020 |
Your mental health for sale?
00:36:21
We talk to Dr David Crepaz-Keay from the Mental Health Foundation to find out what happens to your data when you visit a mental health website? How can technology help people dealing with a mental health issue? And what can happen when things go wrong? Find out more about the Mental Health Foundation here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ If you're worried about your mental health and want to try the NHS's mood self-assesment you can find it here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mood-self-assessment/ Read our work on mental health here: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/your-mental-health-sale |
Nov 06, 2020 |
Medically inaccurate reproductive health information at pregnancy resource centres in the US
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Dr. Andrea Swartzendruber about crisis pregnancy centres in the US. Dr. Andrea Swartzendruber is the principal investigator for the Pregnancy Resource Center Evaluation at Emory University's Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Georgia College of Public Health and an adjunct professor at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She has recently published and presented research findings on pregnancy resource centers (also known as crisis pregnancy centers) and sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents in Georgia. |
Oct 26, 2020 |
Smart for Whom? A tale of smarter cities
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This week we talk to Dr Ellie Cosgrave - an Associate Professor at UCL, Dr Lakshmi Priya Rajendran - a Senior Research Fellow looking at future cities, and Dr Rob Kitchin - a Professor focussing on the relationship between technology, society, and space about what is a smart city? What do we want the cities of the future to look like? And what's the best way of making sure the future of our metropolitan public spaces is bright, not dystopian? Find out more: About PI's work on smart cities here: https://privacyinternational.org/learn/smart-cities About Ellie's work here: https://www.urbaninnovationandpolicy.net/ellie-cosgrave About Lakshmi's work here: https://aru.ac.uk/people/lakshmi-priya-rajendran And Rob's work here: http://www.kitchin.org/ And you can support PI's work here: support.privacyinternational.org |
Oct 23, 2020 |
Judgement Day
00:33:59
The European Union's top court rules that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy. But what does that mean for government's data collection schemes? And what does it take to fight a legal battle lasting years? Find out more on our website: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4206/qa-eus-top-court-rules-uk-french-and-belgian-mass-surveillance-regimes-must-respect And make sure we can keep taking these fights to court: support.privacyinternational.org |
Oct 09, 2020 |
Data exploitation in reproductive rights in Indonesia
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Lintang Setianiti and Miftah Fadhli from the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) in Indonesia about reproductive rights in the country. |
Sep 21, 2020 |
Data exploitation in reproductive healthcare in Argentina
00:38:12
PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Maite Karstanje and Nadia Ferrari from Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Género (ELA) in Argentina, which works with Latin American feminist institutions to promote and defend human rights and gender justice in the region, about reproductive rights in the country. |
Aug 24, 2020 |
How misleading health info can spread from online discussions to policy and legislative debates
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Dr. Subasri Narasimhan and Dr. Dabney Evans from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in the US about their paper which documents how misleading health information about reproductive health can flow into policy and legislative debates. |
Jul 27, 2020 |
Immunity Passports
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This week we talk to a whole host of guests, including María Paz Canales Executive Director of Derechos Digitales, about the issues with coronavirus immunity passports and whether the digital ID industry is capable of rising to the moment. |
Jul 24, 2020 |
Spring Cleaning
01:04:33
This week we talk to PI's Tech Co-ordination Groups to bring you tips and tricks about how to start cleaning up and securing your phone or computer. Episode notes Useful info How to minimise targeted ads: privacyinternational.org/act/minimise-targeted-ads Protect yourself from online tracking: privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-online-tracking Social media account settings: privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-social-media-monitoring Our Onion address: privacyintyqcroe.onion Episode Info 3:24 - reasons to delete apps you’re not using 6:18 - 4 things you should do first 6:37 - Updates 7:59 - Password managers Keepass, 1password, Lastpass 11:40 - Has your data been breached? haveibeenpwned.com/ 12:56 - Backups 19:05 - Apps 20:52 - Firewalls Netguard - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard&hl=en_GB Clamwin - clamwin.com 28:45 - When is too old too old 31:12 - iPhone Better Blocker - better.fyi 36:27 - Android 40:29 - Social Media 40:29 Facebook/instagram Facebook TOR address: facebookcorewwwi.onion Zynga hack: theguardian.com/games/2019/dec/19/170m-passwords-stolen-in-zynga-words-with-friends-hack-monitor-says 45:20 - Twitter MicahFlee - delete your tweets: micahflee.com/2019/06/semiphemeral-automatically-delete-your-old-tweets-except-for-the-ones-you-want-to-keep/ Social media monitoring by local authorities - privacyinternational.org/long-read/3586/when-local-authorities-arent-your-friends 49:40 - Email 51:35 - Desktops 51:50 - Windows CCleaner - ccleaner.com/ WinDirStat - windirstat.net/ 55:42 - Mac OS Little snitch - obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html 58:20 - Linux Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) - linux.com/training-tutorials/introduction-uncomplicated-firewall-ufw/ Firewall D - firewalld.org/ 1:01:40 Encryption Veracrypt - veracrypt.fr/en/Introduction.html Bitlocker - support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028713/windows-10-turn-on-device-encryption |
Jul 10, 2020 |
Google/Fitbit merger? Not on our watch
00:27:28
Why do Google want to buy Fitbit? What do they get out of it? And why should competition regulators be concerned? Gus talks to two of PI's lawyers - Ailidh and Ioannis - to ask why we're telling the EU commission to block the merger. Find out more and sign the petition at: pvcy.org/notwatch Music: Last Chance Saloon by Sepia |
Jun 26, 2020 |
How opposition groups are using misinformation to delay people from accessing safe abortion care
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Ruth Taylor, the CEO of the UK-based charity Abortion Support Network about how opposition groups are using misinformation to delay people from accessing safe abortion care. |
Jun 22, 2020 |
The trouble with Identity in Kenya
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From double registration to exclusion and discrimination - this week we talk to Yusuf Bashir, Executive Director of Haki na Sheria, and Keren Weitzberg, an academic from UCL, about the trouble with Identity in Kenya. You can find out more about Haki na Sheria here: http://hakinasheria.org/ Find out more about double registration in Keren's piece "In Kenya, thousands left in limbo without ID cards" in CodaStory: https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/kenya-biometrics-double-registration/ Find out more about the Huduma Namba case on our website: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3350/why-huduma-namba-ruling-matters-future-digital-id-and-not-just-kenya |
Jun 12, 2020 |
Protest surveillance: before, during, and after
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With huge numbers of people out on the streets standing up for their rights in the US and Hong Kong, and around the world - we take a look at the surveillance tools police and security forces round the world have been using to monitor people as they exercise their civil rights. Given everything that's happening at the moment around the world, we've decided to postpone our episode on ID in Kenya until next week. Some of the resources we mentioned in the episode can be found here: ACLU: know your rights: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights/ EFF Attending a protest tool: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest Netpol - know your rights: https://netpol.org/know-your-rights/ Motherboard: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3devm/motherboard-guide-to-not-getting-hacked-online-safety-guide |
Jun 05, 2020 |
Is there an app for Covid-19?
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A quick catch-up on the state of play of apps round the world - though we end up mostly discussing India and the UK - and we celebrate a very special birthday. You can find a much deeper and more detailed look at the various questions and concerns around coronavirus apps on our website: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3792/covid-contact-tracing-apps-are-complicated-mess-what-you-need-know and all the latest news in our tracker https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19 |
May 22, 2020 |
Covid-19 news
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This week Gus chats with Edin, PI's Advocacy Director, about the latest Covid-19 news and the trends we're seeing around the world. Find out more about coronavirus apps around the world: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3675/theres-app-coronavirus-apps and keep an eye on the global responses: https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19 Music by Glass boy - licensed under creative commons |
May 08, 2020 |
Reproductive rights and privacy in India
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PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Tasneem Mewa and Ambika Tandon from the Center for Internet and Society about data exploitation in reproductive rights in India. |
May 04, 2020 |
Announcement: New mini-series
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We're happy to announce, we're launching a new mini-series! Every last monday of each month we'll be releasing a new podcast - focusing on reproductive rights and privacy across the world, from Indonesia to Chile to Kenya and more. |
Apr 27, 2020 |
Covid-19: the global response
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Tech companies, governments, and international agencies have all announced measures to help contain the spread of the COVID-19, otherwise known as the Coronavirus. Unprecedented levels of surveillance, data exploitation, and misinformation are being tested across the world. Many of those measures are based on extraordinary powers, only to be used temporarily in emergencies. Others use exemptions in data protection laws to share data. Some may be effective and based on advice from epidemiologists, others will not be. But all of them must be temporary, necessary, and proportionate. Tracking the global response to Covid-19: https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19 Fighting the global Covid-19 power grab: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/fighting-global-covid-19-power-grab |
Apr 24, 2020 |
Locked down
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This week: it's a weird one - rather than our normal look at technology, we've got recommendations for movies and games you might enjoy while you're locked down. Music by Simon Mathewson, you can find more from him here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson Recommendations include:
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Apr 10, 2020 |
Marketing and Maternity
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Recorded 12th March. We can’t believe we’re having to say this, but the hours after giving birth are private. If you’re a parent, you may have heard of Bounty, a sales and marketing company allowed access to hospital maternity wards and approach women who have just given birth. This doesn’t happen on any other hospital ward. Can you imagine coming round from major surgery to find a stranger trying to sell you stuff? The physical invasion of privacy is bad enough, but delving into the company’s relationship with you and your baby’s personal data reveals some surprises. |
Mar 27, 2020 |
Phone Extraction
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You’re a witness or a victim or a suspect of a crime; or even just travelling going on holiday. Officials demand your phone, then disappear with it. What happened to your phone? What happened to your data? What will happen to you? We all generate vast amounts of data using our mobile phones - more than most of us are aware of - and that data has become increasingly attractive to law enforcement agencies around the world, enabled by ‘extraction technologies’ supplied by companies like Cellebrite. But what can those agencies see, and what does that mean for us? Find out more: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/police-unlocking-your-data-cloud Music: Last chance saloon by Sepia Photo by Antoine Beauvillain on Unsplash |
Mar 10, 2020 |
Low Cost Tech
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Find out why 53 organisations from all over the world are telling Google it's time they take action on pre-installed apps (bloatware). Sign the petition: pvcy.org/soundcloudpet Music by Glass Boy, find more of their work here: glassboy.bandcamp.com/album/enjoy |
Feb 10, 2020 |