The proposal is fitting for its time: by collecting personal data from various sources, suitable algorithms can make a “psychiatric diagnosis” – enough to identify potential mass killers… In the …
Consumer mores
An easy, fast and “pleasant” way to get acquainted with biometric data is to employ it for consumption. There is already a past in changing simple daily practices, such as …
big data: monitoring and shaping behaviors in the 4th industrial revolution
Surveillance has been transformed from an element of governance into governance itself. It is simultaneously government (system) and governability (self-awareness and cooperation, where the prisoner becomes the guardian of himself). …
From Fallujah to L.A.
Palantir is one of those (american) companies that does not want to attract attention. Its job is to build not just surveillance systems but, among other things, upgraded “crime prediction” …
Behind the tweets, the hyenas yawn
… The senior Twitter executive with editorial responsibility for the Middle East is also a part-time officer in the British Army’s psychological warfare unit. Gordon MacMillan, who joined the social …
The Invisible Campaign
In our territories, these are completely indifferent matters; what are serious are the political buffooneries and the everyday trivialities. In other societies they have begun to understand the seriousness of …
Dragonfly
In Greek, this harmless (but impressive) insect is called a dragonfly. In English, it’s called a dragonfly. This name was given by Google engineers to a search engine (on Android) …
what are data and who do they belong to;
Data (and the generalized, universal data-ification) is the new “gold”, the new endless raw material of bio-informational capitalism. The 4th industrial revolution relies everywhere on data: on their collection, management …
Cambridge Analytica: internal cyber psyops of the 4th world war
“Revelation! The Luftwaffe bombs London.” Such a front-page headline in a British newspaper, during the Second World War, would have certainly been unthinkable; war then was the directly experienced reality …
general data protection regulation: a digital habeas corpus?
much more than you think… “The goal of this new regulation is to give citizens back control over their personal data and to simplify the relevant regulatory environment for businesses. …
after the internet: cloud computing, big data and internet of things
introduction On March 12, 2014, Google invited the world to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the internet, which was born, in the company’s view, when the first browser was released. …
data: the new “raw material”
you can’t get lost In the house where I grew up, the forest reached right up to our back door. Many summer mornings I would run out and get lost …