Journal
This is where we publish material on how personal-data collection works — from facial biometrics to the routes data takes out of the EU. These aren’t technical breakdowns of specific sites — those are in the Audits section. And this isn’t the text of the regulation — that’s in GDPR Articles. Here we explain the mechanisms a person encounters every day without noticing them.
Eight Microseconds. How the Speed of Data Transmission Affects the Price You Pay for Everything
Beneath your feet lies dark fiber. Algorithms travel through it that manage to buy a stock before you can — and sell it back to you at a markup. It's called high-frequency trading. And it concerns everyone with a pension account, a bank deposit, or simply money.
Dating Apps. The Most Intimate Data in the Least Trustworthy Hands
The Machine That Records Everything
Your Face. Forever
The Overton Window. How Surveillance Became the Norm
The Gap Between the HAR File and the GDPR Article
Psychographics: How Advertising Learns Not What You Do, But Who You Are Inside
The Art of War in the Digital Age
The Five Virtues of a General
The Cycle of Digital Surveillance — in Plain Words
«Eagle Eye». What a 2008 Film Predicted More Precisely Than Forecasts
Digital Surveillance in Russia
By the Time You Finished Reading This Headline — You'd Already Been Sold
Algorithmic Recommendations
What Consent Means in the Digital World
Your Digital Twin. It Already Exists. You Just Didn't Know
Advertising Brokers. The Industry No One Sees
Your Phone as a Surveillance Tool
Children in the Digital World
Where GDPR Came From. The Story Few Know in Full
IoT — Why Smart Devices Are a Hole in Your Home
You Think You're Reading the News. In Fact — the News Is Reading You
How to Find the Identifiers Companies Leave on Your Device
Why Your Data Is Your Security
How to Read a Privacy Policy. What to Look For and What They Hide
Anonymity Doesn't Exist. How the System Recognises You Even Without a Name
Mobile Apps. One App — Dozens of Invisible Guests
How the Browser Leaks Everything About You. A Full Breakdown
Your Holiday Costs More Than You Think
Cookies. The Digital Traces You Leave Everywhere
The Cloud Service, Let Me Reveal the Details
What Your Profile Looks Like at a Data Broker