Surveilled

Surveilled no. 86 - success factors for e-government

January 5, 2023

Happy new year, dear reader! I wish you all the best for 2023 and thank you for being a subscriber. Close-up: notes on e-government A couple of weeks ago, at...

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Surveilled No. 85 – On Apple's App Tracking Transparency

August 21, 2022

With the summer holidays still in full swing, the tech industry seems to be in a holding pattern of sorts, although there are stirrings here and there. The...

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Surveilled No. 84 – crypto sanctions, Ethereum's big merge, leaky 5G

August 15, 2022

Quite a few interesting things that popped up on our radar over the last week, so let’s get to it without further ado. The week in crypto Three thoughts on...

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Surveilled #83 – (Late) Summer Reads

August 7, 2022

(Late) Summer Reads The summer holiday season is already more than halfway, but if you’re still looking for an easy, yet intelligent and thought-provoking...

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Surveilled #82 – More on the crypto crash

July 18, 2022

This iteration of Surveilled is shorter and more of a link list. From now on I’m going to worry less about the format about the newsletter, and instead just...

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Surveilled #81 – is the 2022 crypto crash an ending or a beginning?

July 10, 2022

Back in December of 2017, my fellow commuters on the bus to work were glued to their phones, looking at the balance of their crypto portfolios and excitedly...

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Surveilled #80: the invisible arms race in our digital realm

March 8, 2022

Hi, Frederik here with *gasp* a new issue of Surveilled. The last one was eons ago, and I’m very grateful that you remained subscribed all this time. If this...

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Surveilled #79 — A weekend project: test your phone NSO’s Pegasus tool

July 25, 2021

My archives tell me it’s slightly more than a month since the last issue of Surveilled, although it feels like it was decades ago to me. Pandemic fatigue...

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Surveilled #78 – Police stings, Basel and crypto, and Apple's new privacy features

June 13, 2021

It was Apple’s WorldWide Developers’ Conference last week, so the rest of the tech world was pretty quiet. Hence, only five links instead of six this week....

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Surveilled #77 – Bitcoin’s energy use, nuclear secrets flashcards and ZenBooths

May 30, 2021

The last few issues have seen somewhat more developed “Six Links” stories, and this issue is no exception. It allows for more context, but perhaps it’s also...

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Surveilled #76–More ransomware, crypto, super apps and dystopia!

May 23, 2021

Issue 76 Very short issue today, since it seems that most of what happened this week was a continuation of previous stories. Recap in bullet form below....

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Surveilled #75 – A ransomware pandemic, crypto volatility and Appucinos

May 16, 2021

Issue 75 Another issue without a column, although the first item in the Six Links section almost graduated to that level. As a result, there are way more...

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Surveilled #74 – Facebook Oversight Board's long-awaited decision, YouTube, and 32-bit integers

May 9, 2021

Issue 74 Six Links Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to ban Trump from the platform–Calling this decision highly anticipated would be...

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Surveilled #73 – Apple and antitrust, biometrics and unboxed AI algorithms

May 2, 2021

Issue 73 The tech news cycle was dominated mostly by earnings reports last week, which overall were very good for the industry. Others do a much better job...

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Surveilled #72–Apple as bellwether, Google's FLoC, lessons from The Wire

April 25, 2021

Issue 72 The trend is to keep it short and crisp lately, so here is another attempt to give a comprehensive overview of what happened during the week in six...

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Surveilled #71 – WhatsApp attacks, Big Tech vs antitrust worldwide and Zwift pros

April 18, 2021

Surveilled Issue 71 Another “links only” issue this week, due to feverish activity on a professional project. Hopefully more time for Surveilled next week....

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Surveilled #70–Another Facebook leak, AI bias and dark patterns

April 11, 2021

Issue 70 Another shorter issue this week, I didn’t come across anything that seemed to warrant the “one big story” treatment, although there are a couple of...

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Surveilled #69–what happened to contact tracing?

April 4, 2021

One Big Story: what happened to contact tracing? Nearly a year ago, I wrote an opinion piece with the title “Does Big Tech hold a key to restarting the...

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Surveilled #68–Cybersecurity and semiconductor geopolitics, risky default domains and remote working

March 28, 2021

Surveilled Issue 68 A shorter issue this week, I didn’t come across anything that seemed to warrant the “One Big Story” treatment, but still six interesting...

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Surveilled – Issue 67: GFC flashbacks, Chinese ad tracking, SMS hacking

March 21, 2021

Surveilled Issue 67 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. One Big Story The last couple...

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