Long Reads
Model Context Protocol (MCP) can extend the capabilities of AI chatbots into your life, but what are the consequences for our privacy and security?
To justify the obscene amounts of money they have raised, AI firms are trying to convince people that their chatbots can do a lot more for you than just write emails and generate studio Ghibli images of your cat. So far, a lot of these promises have either fallen flat or simply never materialised
Essential protections are lacking as governments and industry rush to militarise our tech, data and societies.
Governments are increasingly relying on data-intensive systems, both to wage wars and to administer public services. These systems, increasingly provided by the same firms using similar tools, will come to affect our day-to-day lives whether we are in war zones or town squares. This is the era of
The entanglement of civilian and military data ecosystems blurs legal boundaries, creating critical gaps in privacy and accountability protections.
Legal regimes governing situations of armed conflict and peace time have traditionally been clearly defined, leaving little to no doubt as to which regime applies to what situation. However, the Militarisation of Tech challenges this tidy distinction. Instead we are seeing the blurring of lines
Military tech is seeping into our daily lives, raising urgent questions about who controls our civic life and shapes our future.
We are at a war footing as we enter an era where the tech world is increasingly defined by conflict. Innovation has never been driven solely by social needs, market forces or the common good. Military imperatives have periodically played central roles in steering the development of new generations
The next wave of Militarisation of Tech is here and it comes in many shapes and forms.
Governments are rapidly militarising our societies. They are already increasing military spending, undermining civil rights protections, and reducing social protection programmes. Governments already depend on the private sector for delivering public services, through public-private partnerships
The data revolution is coming to warzones and back to our town squares.
There’s a revolution occurring in how war and conflict are waged. New data-intensive systems are being developed; battlefields are testing grounds for a new generation of tech; and commercial tech infrastructure is now supporting military operations. Data plays a key role in this revolution. Data is
Our complaint against the UK Home Office’s use of two algorithmic tools for immigration enforcement operations, filed with the UK data protection regulator.
On the basis of a year of legal research by PI as well as documents obtained by other civil society organisations, and evidence provided by legal representatives fighting these automated systems on behalf of their clients, on the 18th August 2025, we issued a formal complaint to the UK Information
Big Tech abuses localhost to spy on users. This brazen innovation is sadly consistent behaviour.
In June 2025, a team of researchers exposed how Meta and Yandex abused Android and browser-specific tools to track users outside of their application and collect associated data. The technique used to achieve this was truly innovative, and akin to malware behaviour. It exploited protocols to break
Our key achievements since the beginning of 2025.
We continue producing real change by challenging governments and corporations that use data and technology to exploit us. Though 2025 has been a tumultuous year, we’ve achieved some wins and we would like to share them with you. Creating real change is hard, and worthwhile changes takes time. We
Given the continued threats to sexual and reproductive rights globally, we ask: are period tracking apps truly safe for those who rely on them?
Period tracking apps and the rollback of reproductive rights The aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States (US) sparked widespread debate and concern that data from period tracking apps could be use to criminalise those seeking abortion care. While the surveillance and