Investigations
Long-form research and databases to promote accountability, provide resources, and educate the public, policy makers, and police on responsible surveillance practices.
- Police Data Pipelines12 min read
The Reciprocity Trap: How Local Police Data Reaches ICE
Local agencies sign software contracts without realizing the hidden cost: a permanent, irrevocable feed of their data to a national broker network. We traced how it works.
In ProgressRead → - Surveillance Vendors9 min read
Surveillance Saturation: The Technologies Converging on Anonymity
Gait recognition, facial recognition, device fingerprinting, and movement tracking are each individually manageable. Together, they approach something we have never had to govern.
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Ad-Tech Data Pipelines
Coming soonApps, mobile networks, phone makers, and everyone in between are tracking us to earn a profit in an increasingly surveillance-reliant economy. We are mapping those pathways next: good privacy practices highlighted, shady ones named and shamed.