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Thanks a lot, Sophie!
On Palantir is not our friend
Once upon a time Peter Wright already answered this question by stating everything is allowed for as long as nobody…
On Can MI5 agents get away with murder?
Donald Tusk ordered ABW to access the mobile phone billings of 52 journalists with a view to blowing their contacts.…
On The Polish surveillance regime before the ECHR
Thank you for this article.. So Poland is truly a police state.. How 'ironic' that such communistic-style legislation came to…
On The Polish surveillance regime before the ECHR
In the surveillance package, the government demands also the reintroduction of the data retention through the back door. This law…
On Austrian government’s hacking law ruled unconstitutional
Excellent summary of the problem. I especially like the conclusion, "accepting that to better understand how the world is says…
On Predictive policing: positivism is not enough to rule our complex world
Excellent article. The techno-utopian approach really is a simplistic dead end, failing to (and unable to) address human values such…
On Predictive policing: positivism is not enough to rule our complex world
Excellent concept. Please also look what is happening in the „digitally divided“ Africa.
On Why we’re launching about:intel
Those who exercise power must be willing and able to justify their acts and omissions by providing a basis of…
On GCHQ embraces AI, but not as a black box
I wrote about the use of AI/machine learning in the context of disclosure of digital evidence last year: http://pmsommer.blogspot.com/2018/06/ and…
On GCHQ embraces AI, but not as a black box