From jealous spouses to paranoid bosses, 19th-century pedometers quantified suspicion and reshaped the dynamics of surveillance.
Jacqueline D. Wernimont | Nov 14
Sociologist Madison Van Oort offers a firsthand account of retail worker surveillance and resistance in the fast fashion industry.
The Editors | May 4, 2023
Despite policies that aim to provide both transparency and access, most students and parents are unaware of what data is being stored and who has access to it.
Kathleen Creel & Tara Dixit | Sep 15, 2022
Children today are the very first generation of citizens to be datafied from before birth. The social and political consequences of this historical transformation have yet to be seen.
Veronica Barassi | Jan 14, 2021
Heba Y. Amin & Anthony Downey in conversation.
Anthony Downey | Jan 6, 2021
From Standing Rock to Syria, drones are being used to hold the powerful to account. Let’s keep it that way.
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick | Sep 10, 2020
I checked out the scene at a burgeoning international conference and open-air hacker party. Here's what I learned about protecting my privacy online.
Maureen Webb | Aug 31, 2020
Those who know about us have power over us. Obfuscation may be our best digital weapon.
Finn Brunton & Helen Nissenbaum | Sep 25, 2019
