On 22nd October, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published an article which sets out to provide a quick technical rundown of some of the most prevalent and most nasty ones, and how they infringe on human rights. There are 4 major categories:
- commonplace tactics for censorship and surveillance;
- widely available surveillance tools in the commercial marketplace;
- tactics influenced by the rise of the sovereign internet; and
- technologies based upon the model of the Trojan horse.
https://thebulletin.org/2019/10/a-brief-field-guide-to-the-internets-tools-for-repression
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