I want the internet to be slightly better and write about surveillance capitalism and using digital technology responsibly.
Agitation:
persistent urging of a political or social cause or theory before the public.
Designer:
a schemer, intriguer, or plotter.
My blog has changed emphasis a number of times and is currently home to posts about promoting responsible technology and a slightly better internet.
Get in touch with me via my contact page or on Mastodon.
Latest blog posts
Latest podcast episodes
- Episode 11: Dave Smyth is a freelance web designer who started a campaign to remove hidden spy pixels from the marketing emails we receive every day.
- Episode 10: Dr Leonie Tanczer is the founder of the Gender and IoT project, which looks at how IoT impacts on gender-based domestic violence and abuse.
- Episode 9: Ania Pitorowska is the Co-Founder and Head of Research at Nym, a new type of privacy focused mixnet.
- Episode 8: Safa Ghnaim is the Project Lead for the Data Detox Toolkit which has clear suggestions and concrete steps to help people harness all aspects of their online lives.
- Episode 7: Karolina Iwańska is a lawyer at Panoptykon Foundation and has been leading their investigation into the online advertising industry’s practices related to data protection and privacy.
- Episode 6: Aaron MacSween is a privacy researcher and the lead developer of Cryptpad – a set of encrypted, real time collaboration tools.
- Episode 5: Adrian Cochrane is a web browser developer working on the Odysseus browser for Linux and Rhapsode, an ‘audio browser'.
- Episode 4: Sarah Kiden is a researcher and technologist studying the impact of Internet of Things (IoT) technology on local communities.
- Episode 3: Rob has changed his website to reduce his digital waste and make his design work more sustainable and responsible.
- Episode 2 : Finn Brownbill is the Head of Marketing for Mojeek – the world's alternative search engine.
Read and listen to
Shoshana Zuboff
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is an international best seller which explains how big tech companies have stripped us of our decision rights.
Amnesty International
The Amnesty report Surveillance Giants explains how the business model of big tech is an unprecedented ongoing threat to global human rights.
Techtonic on WFMU
Techtonic hosted by Mark Hurst on WFMU, is a weekly radio show which covers “our shift to a digital future” and is constructively critical of Silicon Valley.
Tech Won’t Save Us
Tech Won’t Save Us is podcast hosted by Paris Marx which critically examines the tech industry, its thought leaders, and the worldview it spreads.
Donate to
Liberty
UK organisation which challenges injustice and fights against mass surveillance and facial recognition.
Privacy International
PI challenge governments and businesses which want to know everything about individuals and societies.
Small Tech Foundation
Irish based Not-for-profit which advocates for and builds small technology to protect personhood and democracy.
Exodus Privacy Project
Resource which lets you check your Android apps for hidden tracking and other nasty stuff they didn’t tell you about.
Have a look at the tracking policy page