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===== Readings ===== | ===== Readings ===== | ||
| − | Mapping the Surveillance Stack | + | If you can't get to all the readings this week, just choose one from each of the following sections. |
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| + | **Mapping the Surveillance Stack** | ||
* [https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/ Authoritarian Stack] | * [https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/ Authoritarian Stack] | ||
** A map of the people, ideologies, and companies behind technofascism | ** A map of the people, ideologies, and companies behind technofascism | ||
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** A global map of policing and intelligence tech and their vendors. We recommend searching some of the companies from this week's readings. | ** A global map of policing and intelligence tech and their vendors. We recommend searching some of the companies from this week's readings. | ||
| − | The Tech | + | **The Tech** |
* [https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/tc2-technology101-primer-v02.pdf ACLU resource outlining some major police technologies] | * [https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/tc2-technology101-primer-v02.pdf ACLU resource outlining some major police technologies] | ||
* [https://www.404media.co/icezine/ 404 Media zine about ICE surveillance] | * [https://www.404media.co/icezine/ 404 Media zine about ICE surveillance] | ||
* [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree Cooper wrote this about ICE surveillance capabilities] | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree Cooper wrote this about ICE surveillance capabilities] | ||
| − | The People and Nations Behind the Tech | + | **The People and Nations Behind the Tech** |
* [https://www.zig.art/p/my-final-message-before-im-on-an Compelling essay by someone who used to work for Palantir] | * [https://www.zig.art/p/my-final-message-before-im-on-an Compelling essay by someone who used to work for Palantir] | ||
* Israeli Mass Surveillance in the Brain of Your Phone, from Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory | * Israeli Mass Surveillance in the Brain of Your Phone, from Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory | ||
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3dvSPsROFhsxq-7vIlq4zskcwQbsz1j/view?usp=drive_link Part one] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fDgXWOZc4peLYibZKEBHSn50O34CcURU/view?usp=sharing part two] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3dvSPsROFhsxq-7vIlq4zskcwQbsz1j/view?usp=drive_link Part one] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fDgXWOZc4peLYibZKEBHSn50O34CcURU/view?usp=sharing part two] | ||
| − | What We Do About It | + | **What We Do About It** |
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAvzvthh7IKNtDq6I4tcawUnG3j7KBAu/view?usp=drive_link Community Defense: interview with Sarah T. Hamid on abolishing carceral technologies, in Logic(s) issue 11] | * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAvzvthh7IKNtDq6I4tcawUnG3j7KBAu/view?usp=drive_link Community Defense: interview with Sarah T. Hamid on abolishing carceral technologies, in Logic(s) issue 11] | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 19 February 2026
Contents
Week 4: State and carceral surveillance and its relation to technofascists
- Real time lecture: March 13th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern
- Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
- Slides: TBD
Readings
If you can't get to all the readings this week, just choose one from each of the following sections.
- Mapping the Surveillance Stack**
- Authoritarian Stack
- A map of the people, ideologies, and companies behind technofascism
- Atlas of Surveillance
- An interactive map of US police tech - just spend some time clicking around
- Surveillance Watch
- A global map of policing and intelligence tech and their vendors. We recommend searching some of the companies from this week's readings.
- The Tech**
- ACLU resource outlining some major police technologies
- 404 Media zine about ICE surveillance
- Cooper wrote this about ICE surveillance capabilities
- The People and Nations Behind the Tech**
- Compelling essay by someone who used to work for Palantir
- Israeli Mass Surveillance in the Brain of Your Phone, from Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory
- What We Do About It**
- Community Defense: interview with Sarah T. Hamid on abolishing carceral technologies, in Logic(s) issue 11
Guest lecturer
Cooper Quintin, senior staff technologist at Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tasks
- Discord discussion from week 3
