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The fight back with Edward Snowden
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 Righ…
5 years, 3 months ago
A eulogy to Yahoo Answers
On Tuesday, we said goodbye to Yahoo Answers in the appropriate spirit - by answering questions from the Computers and Internet section of Yahoo.
Lin…
5 years, 3 months ago
A spotter's guide to facial recognition
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 r…
5 years, 4 months ago
Spring Cleaning (rebroadcast)
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 cl…
5 years, 5 months ago
Big Brother pays your benefits: We read 995 pages on how to surveil people so you don't have to
Content warning: this episode includes some disturbing stories of people who have died after having their benefits cut or withdrawn by the UK Depar…
5 years, 5 months ago
What does your face say about you? Phrenology, physiognomy and society
This week we're joined by Dr Courtney Thompson to discuss the history of phrenology and physiognomy and their relationship to modern technologies and…
5 years, 6 months ago
Are you paranoid?
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 …
5 years, 6 months ago
General warrants: Victory at the UK High Court and 250 year old law
General warrants have been used to authorise wide-ranging property interference and certain forms of computer hacking of large numbers of devices - s…
5 years, 7 months ago
Data exploitation in reproductive healthcare in Chile
PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Paz Peña, an independent consultant based in Chile, about data exploitation in sexual and r…
5 years, 7 months ago
Trans identity in the Philippines
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'…
5 years, 7 months ago