Join us as we discuss Border Externalisation - what is it, and why does it drive violence at the border? We're joined by two fantastic guests - Dan from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to discuss the EU's Border Externalisation, and Kathy from Al Otro Lado to discuss the America's.

Border Violence Monitoring Network’s work

BVMN's website ⁠https://borderviolence.eu/⁠Surveillance Tech Serbia Report: ⁠https://borderviolence.eu/reports/surveillance-technologies-at-european-borders-serbia⁠

Cyprus Borderscape: ⁠https://cyprusborderscape.com/⁠

BalkanDac: ⁠https://borderviolence.eu/reports/decoding-balkandac-navigating-the-eu-s-biometric-blueprint⁠

Samos CCAC : ⁠https://borderviolence.eu/reports/controlled-and-confined-unveiling-the-impact-of-technology-in-the-samos-closed-controlled-access-centre⁠

Use of mercenaries for pushbacks in Cyprus. ⁠https://borderviolence.eu/reports/submission-to-the-ohchr-for-the-upcoming-visit-of-the-working-group-on-the-use-of-mercenaries-to-cyprus⁠

Al Otro Lado:

Al Otro Lado’s Programs: ⁠https://www.alotrolado.org/our-programs

⁠Merch: ⁠https://www.bonfire.com/al-otro-lado/?srsltid=AfmBOoqZMoeVG0Ggysn-YhlXQ7YPehx_4tnFPY5O2K236THD3U7p7_SG⁠

PI work

When Spiders Share Webs: EU-Funded INTERPOL policing programme in West Africa: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5346/when-spiders-share-webs-unveiling-privacy-threats-eu-funded-interpol-policing⁠

Migration and borders: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/learn/migration-and-borders

This week we're discussing the end of support (kind of) for Windows 10 - find out more from Chris and Tom about what you should worry about and what you can do now Windows 10 is officially (mostly) End of Life.

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This week we talk to Ilia and Serhat about the creeping militarisation of technology, and with it our societies.

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All of our militarisation work: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/militarisation-of-tech⁠

Below are all the articles we talk about in this episode:

What is Militarisation of Tech?: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5668/what-militarisation-tech⁠

Key Concerns Regarding Governance in the Era of Militarisation of Tech: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5671/key-concerns-regarding-governance-era-militarisation-tech⁠

“Killer Robots”: Read PI statement during informal consultations on autonomous weapons systems in New York: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5589/pi-statement-during-informal-consultations-autonomous-weapons-systems-new-york⁠

How Data Drives the Militarisation of Tech: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5667/how-data-drives-militarisation-tech⁠

On the Applicable Legal Frameworks and Regulatory Gaps: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5670/applicable-legal-frameworks-and-regulatory-gaps-international-humanitarian-law-and⁠

We have a mailing list specifically for our militarisation work that you can find here: ⁠https://action.privacyinternational.org/user/register⁠

This week we're back to discussing stories that have been in the news over the past few months - in particular the stories that have stayed with us and kept us thinking about them.

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This week Gus and Caitlin are rewilding the Internet with Maria Farrell. What do you want using the internet or your devices to feel like? What can ecology teach us about unwinding corporate capture of the digital commons? How do we take back our home online?

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This week we're talking to Martha Dimitratou from ReproUncensored, and PI's own Sarah Simms about the international landscape for reproductive rights, and including barriers to access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion; and how big tech are collaborating with or supporting tactics to make access to healthcare harder.

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This week we speak to Jen Persson, Director of Defend Digital Me, about the technologies being deployed in schools in England and Wales.

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This week we're talking to Gus about his experience being targeted by the Russian government, how it felt at the time, and then how it felt when he found out the government may be trying to undermine the tool he uses to keep himself and his family safe.

It's our first time attempting a video podcast, so please let us know what you think by dropping us a comment or emailing us at [email protected]!

Read more about our challenge against the UK's secret TCN powers⁠: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5547/our-challenge-against-uks-secret-tcn-powers

Join us this week as we discuss stories that have been in the news that we're still wondering about, obsessing about, and are as confused about as you are.

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2G phone networks are being shutdown; read the Rest of World story:

Google anti-trust case and potential break up; read the Washington Post story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/04/google-ai-policies-weapons-harm/

Impact of USAID cuts; read the NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html

Um-ing and Ah-ing: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2025/interjections-important-for-conversation-flow

Israel, data and AI:

This week we're discussing the 2024 incident in which a malformed update of CrowdStrike Falcon caused 8.5 million computers running Microsoft Windows to crash.

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