Technology Pill
Find out how technology is reshaping our lives every day and explore the new powers of governments and companies.
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How is militarisation shaping civic spaces? (opens the original)
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This week we're talking about how the militarisation of tech is shaping civic spaces and what 'dual use' technology actually means with Sophie from Corporate Watch. Links Corporate watch: What's driving the militarisation of tech - and what can we do about it: https://corporatewatch.org/whats-driving-the-militarisation-of-tech-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ Case studies and info about military tech companies: https://privacyinternational.org/military-tech-companies Skydio case study: https://priva
Human testing: Militarised technology across Southwest Asia and North Africa (opens the original)
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This week we're talking to Marianne from SMEX about their new report looking at the differing dynamics of producing, testing, and deployment of militarised technology across the Southwest Asia and Northern African region (SWANA). Links * Report - Produced, tested, deployed: the Miltarisation of technology in the SWANA region * Vodafone in Egypt story: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/jul/26/vodafone-access-egypt-shutdown * Lebanon and Israel leaflet drop: https://english.alarabiya.net/N
Foreign Keys: Travel Surveillance (opens the original)
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This week we're discussing borders, biometrics and more, as we take a look at what kind of surveillance you might experience if you're traveling to the World Cup, or to the EU schengen area. Acronyms - ETIAS: European Travel Information and Authorisation System (new for visa exempt; no biometrics - run by a central unit operated by frontex; this is where manual checks carried out if automated checks flag problems) - VIS: Visa information System (obvs for visas; age lowered to 6? - will soon chec
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