Telecoms, Ubiquitous Surveillance and State Crime - with Namir Shabibi & Jack Poulson

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Ever considered changing your smartphone for a burner phone? When it comes to state surveillance, this might not do any difference.

This episode examines ubiquitous telecom surveillance in the case of Kenya – how connectivity becomes control, and what happens when your device is the endpoint of the monitoring state.

A conversation between Jack Poulson (Independent Journalist, US) and Namir Shabibi (Investigative Journalist, UK).

Read and download the research for free on thekill.cloud

📖 👀 Telecoms, Ubiquitous Surveillance and State Crime: A case study from Kenya

📃👀 Architecture of Disappearance: The Kill Cloud's Dispersal of Violence and the Erosion of Sovereignty – 👤 Cian Westmoreland, Whistleblower, Former US Air Force Drone Technician.

📃👀 Automated Extraction: Tactics of Surveillance and Targeting Indigenous Peoples at the US-Mexico Border 👤 Tiara Roxanne, Scholar & Artist.

From 2024: 📃 👀 Towards a Public Database for Investigating Western Special Operations 👤 Jack Poulson, Independent Journalist