Tag: Surveillance

IPv4 Socket Surveillance — Tracing using kprobe, kretprobe and maps with BCC

In my previous article, I explored the fundamentals of eBPF, a technology enabling interaction with the Linux kernel without altering kernel code. I discussed eBPF’s programmable hooks into the kernel, its event-driven nature, and highlighted its utility in system monitoring through sysca...

Museum surveillance

The conversation could go like this forever and ever. But Mr Trump and Mr Donald could not agree on the simplest truths. It was practically all the time the same discourse. How boring you may say! The pair could not make up their mind. Yes, no, yes, no, yes. The truth might sound unfortunate but,...

Transphobia Speaks in the Voice of Surveillance Capitalism

Around the year 2000, after my gender transition, when I was in college, I was put in touch with an older woman who was pursuing her graduate degree in social work. She was cis, though I didn’t know that word at the time and she probably didn’t either. Her thesis topic was “how tra...

Transphobia Speaks in the Voice of Surveillance Capitalism

Around the year 2000, after my gender transition, when I was in college, I was put in touch with an older woman who was pursuing her graduate degree in social work. She was cis, though I didn’t know that word at the time and she probably didn’t either. Her thesis topic was “how tra...

Tech-Enabled Safety or Surveillance? The Fine Line in Monitoring Truck Drivers

In the rapidly evolving world of logistics and trucking, technology has firmly planted its roots, promising enhancements in efficiency, safety, and operational productivity. Amongst the myriad of innovations, tech-enabled safety measures have become a focal point of discussion. As fleets become smar...

Surveillance Troops: White Supremacy and Me

I’m tired of minimising my suffering. Watering down my struggle. I’m sick of lip service from dirty cops. You say you’re here to earn a living but you’re just #CravingTheEmpire just as much as me and the next black soldier. You get to mock, ridicule and use physical snd...

DEA Adds Apple AirTag To Surveillance Toolkit

In May 2022, border agents in the US intercepted two packages originating from Shanghai, China. One package contained a pill press, a machine used to form tablets from powders; the other held small vials of pill dyes. It was immediately assumed that this paraphernalia was involved in the creation of...