Privacy & Surveillance

Who is watching, what they collect, and whether your consent was real

Corporate surveillance, government data collection, data broker exposés and privacy tool testing. We follow the data, not the press release, and we explain what the consent disclosures actually authorise.

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Corporate Surveillance

Smart Home Devices and the Data They Send While You Sleep

We placed a network monitoring device between a connected home and the internet for 30 days. The volume and destinations of outbound data from 'smart' appliances was surprising.

Sam Chen28 Feb 2026
14 min read
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Privacy Under the Microscope

Technical deep dives into privacy policies, data practices and the gap between what companies say and what their software does. Using network analysis, policy comparison and legal review.

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