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Press

We regularly speak to the media about topics related to technology and its impact on individuals and society at large. We provide both commentary on the social, political and cultural impact of technology, and also practical advice for the general public. We have a broad range of expertise in: privacy, digital security, misinformation, digital investigation, data & politics, and youth & technology.

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Recent Highlights

"From Tactical Tech, here are handy how-to kits for different scenarios, including securing your data, increasing your online privacy and making your phone less addictive."
- NPR

Arte, Dec. 2021: Künstliche Intelligenz – Gibt es die kreative Maschine? [Artificial intelligence - does the creative machine exist?]
Folha de S. Paulo, Nov. 2021: Facebook é parte do problema, mas há manipulação em outras empresas, diz especialista [Facebook is part of the problem, but there is manipulation in other companies, says expert]
PBS, Nov. 2021: Millions depend on private messaging apps to keep in touch. They’re ripe with misinformation
Arte, Nov. 2021: Disparaître - Sous les radars des algorithmes [Disappearing - Under the radar of algorithms]
1A (NPR Radio), Oct. 2021: Extremely Online: What’s Up With WhatsApp?
Yahoo News, Oct. 2021: C-LAB未來媒體藝術節 [C-LAB Future Media Art Festival]
Outlook India, Jun. 2021: A Bengaluru Museum is Hosting a Virtual Exhibition About the Pandemic
Ahram, May 2021: Cairotronica: Platform for media artists to ruminate on digital technology's impact on life
Data Journalism, Jan. 2021: Privacy Day 2021: What journalists need to know
NPR, Oct. 2020: Your Technology Is Tracking You. Take These Steps For Better Online Privacy
The Guardian, Oct. 2020: Rebels within: the Facebook staff openly challenging Zuckerberg
Frankfurter Rundschau, Oct. 2020: Perfide Werbung, Manipulation, Fake News: Im Kampf ums Weiße Haus sind viele Mittel recht (Perfidious advertising, manipulation, fake news: in the fight for the White House, many means are right)
Le Point, Oct. 2020: Données personnelles : comment « l'industrie de l'influence » traverse l'Afrique ? (Personal Data: How has the 'influence industry' spread across Africa?)
Wired UK, Jun. 2020: Protesters are weaponising memes to fight police surveillance
The Telegraph, Jun. 2020 (behind paywall): Protesters are weaponising memes to fight police surveillance
The Week, May 2020: Donald Trump: should social media companies fact check the president?
ABC News, Apr. 2020: American officials alarmed by arson attacks on UK cell towers
Evening Standard, Mar. 2020: Meet the apps and websites using data to track the spread of Covid-19
ABC News, Mar. 2020: Coronavirus misinformation on WhatsApp is going viral, despite steps to combat its spread
Evening Standard, Mar. 2020: How to delete yourself from the internet
Frankfurter Rundschau, Jan. 2020: Weitere Enthüllungen rund um Cambridge Analytica: Schützt unsere Daten! [Further disclosures around Cambridge Analytica: Protect our data!]
AP News, Dec. 2019: UK election is full of dirty tricks and political clicks
Mashable, Nov. 2019: How to do a data detox when you're super lazy
Ö1 (Austrian National Radio), Nov. 2019: Datenhandel mit Dating-Profilen [Data trading with dating profiles]
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Sep. 2019: Wie man mit wenigen Schritten seine Datenflut eindämmt [How to stem the flood of data in just a few steps]
Deutsche Welle - Europe, Jul. 2019: Interview with Marek Tuszynski
Tech Radar, Jun. 2019: For the modern internet, what's the cost of privacy?
NPR, On Point, Feb. 2019: The World Of Campaign Tech: Cellphone And TV Tracking In Politics
Now This, Jan. 2019: How Laptop Stickers Can Get You In Trouble
BBC Click, Radio 4, Jan. 2019: Data Detox for the New Year

Article in German newspaper Die Zeit featuring research by Tactical Tech into Internet of Things Devices.

Our Data Our Selves

“A report from Tactical Tech reveals the extent of abuse that occurred during the 2017 presidential election in the absence of a rigorous data protection law."
- Al Jazeera

San Francisco Station, Nov. 2021: Tactical Tech: The Influence Industry - Virtual Event
Pagina/12, Aug. 2021: María Eugenia Vidal hace campaña con datos de la vacunación (María Eugenia Vidal campaigns with vaccination data)
Vacinart Msk, Jul. 2021: Лето-2021: студентов, журналистов, исследователей, которые работают с данными, приглашают в международную онлайн-школу (Summer 2021: Students, Journalists, Data Researchers Invited to an International Online School)
West African Insight, May 2021: Personal Data and the Influence Industry in Nigerian Elections
Bukola Afeni, Mar. 2021: CDD, Tactical Tech emphasize on the use of data in Nigeria elections (reprint)
News Day Online, Mar. 2021: CDD, Tactical Tech emphasize on the use of data in Nigeria elections
HumAngle, Mar. 2021: Nigeria’s Data Protection ‘Porous’ – Report
Sin Embargo, Nov. 2020: El PRI, siempre el PRI: INE analiza multar al tricolor por intento de vender padrón electoral (The PRI, always the PRI: INE analyzes fining the tricolor for attempting to sell the electoral roll)
Open Democracy, Oct. 2020: In Ukraine, digital political campaigning ramps up - with little oversight
The Guardian, Oct. 2020: Rebels within: the Facebook staff openly challenging Zuckerberg (Syndicated in: MSN Money, Clubic, Vietnam Net, Viet Times, Tech Bot, Zing News, Lidkvky)
Frankfurter Rundschau, Oct. 2020: Perfide Werbung, Manipulation, Fake News: Im Kampf ums Weiße Haus sind viele Mittel recht (Perfidious advertising, manipulation, fake news: in the fight for the White House, many means are right)
Le Point, Oct. 2020: Données personnelles : comment « l'industrie de l'influence » traverse l'Afrique ? (Personal Data: How has the 'influence industry' spread across Africa?) (Syndicated in Yahoo News FR)
Nikkei, Aug. 2020 (behind paywall): Trump's election strategy
Robert Bosch Stiftung Magazin, Aug. 2020: The Digital Influence Machine
Jornalistas Livres, Jun. 2020: Dados e Política: Por Dentro da Indústria da Influência (Data and Politics: Inside the Influence Industry)
Newsweek, Jun. 2020: Million Sign-Ups to Trump Tulsa Rally Gifts 2020 Campaign Vital Data Haul
The Privacy Issue, Mar. 2020: The Digital Election Debacle
The Privacy Issue, Jan. 2020: The Big Business of Ad Tech
Frankfurter Rundschau, Jan. 2020: Weitere Enthüllungen rund um Cambridge Analytica: Schützt unsere Daten! [Further disclosures around Cambridge Analytica: Protect our data!]
AP News, Dec. 2019: UK election is full of dirty tricks and political clicks (Syndicated in New York Times, Washington Post)
Infobae, Nov. 2019: Cambridge Analytica en el hogar [Cambridge Analytica at Home]
Quartz, Aug. 2019: A ‘big data’ firm sells Cambridge Analytica’s methods to global politicians, documents show
Tech Xplore, Aug. 2019: Data-driven elections and the key questions about voter surveillance
Al Jazeera, Feb. 2019: If you are a Kenyan citizen, your private data is not safe
Washington Post, Feb. 2019: How WhatsApp influenced Nigeria’s recent election — and what it taught us about ‘fake news.’
Financial Times, Jan. 2019: Data brokers: regulators try to rein in the ‘privacy deathstars’
Der Tagesspiegel, Jan. 2019: Ausstellung "The Influencing Machine" in der NGBK [Exhibition "The Influencing Machine" in the NGBK]
O Globo, Nov. 2018: Perfis de brasileiros em sites de paquera estão à venda na internet (Profiles of Brazilians on flirting sites are for sale on the internet)
Arabic RT, Nov. 2018: حذار من نشر بياناتك الشخصية علىمواقع التعارف! [Beware of publishing your personal data on dating sites]
Le Big Data, Nov. 2018: Tinder : des millions de données intimes vendues par un Data Broker (Tinder: millions of intimate data sold by Data Broker)
Motherboard, Vice, Nov. 2018: Shady Data Brokers Are Selling Online Dating Profiles by the Millions
La Nacion, Oct. 2018:\ Brasil, la desinformación por Whatsapp y el futuro de la democracia (Brazil, disinformation by WhatsApp and the future of democracy)
Access Now, Oct. 2018: Your Data Used Against You: Reports of Manipulation on WhatsApp ahead of Brazil’s Election
Open Democracy, Oct. 2018: ¿Y ahora qué? De la innovación política a la resiliencia democrática en América Latina Brasil, la desinformación por Whatsapp y el futuro de la democracia (And now that? From political innovation to democratic resilience in Latin America Brazil, disinformation by WhatsApp and the future of democracy)
The Intercept, Oct. 2018: VÍDEO: Seu número de telefone vale 9 centavos no zap dos políticos (VIDEO: Your phone number is worth 9 cents in the zap of politicians)
GenderIT, Sep. 2018: Datos y citas: la paradoja de la seguridad (Data and Dating: the paradox of security)
#iFreeKe, Aug. 2018: How private data was used during the 2017 Kenyan election
RRC, Jul. 2018: Report | How do the Mexican Political Parties use your data to influence your vote?
El Economista, Jun. 2018: La brecha digital le jugó en contra a los partidos políticos en México (The digital divide played against the political parties in Mexico)
Son Tus Datos, Jun. 2018: ¿Cómo utilizan los partidos políticos mexicanos tus datos para influenciar tu voto? (How do Mexican political parties use your data to influence your vote?)
The Conversation, May 2018: Cambridge Analytica’s closure is a pyrrhic victory for data privacy
Atlantic, Mar. 2018: What Congress Should Ask Mark Zuckerberg

The Data Detox Kit

Printed copies of the Data Detox Kit, at The Glass Room San Francisco

"If you’re tired of being creeped out by an increasingly prescient Internet, or if you simply want to understand what kind of digital trail you’ve been leaving behind, then this digital detox is for you." - Vogue

Arte, Nov. 2021: Disparaître - Sous les radars des algorithmes [Disappearing - Under the radar of algorithms]
KEYC (Minnesota), Jul. 2021: Blue Earth County Library holds data privacy week
Ayo Bandung, May 2021: Dilecehkan di Ranah Daring, Pengguna Internet Harus Bagaimana? [Being Harassed Online, What Should Internet Users Do?]
La Silla Rota, Apr. 2021: ¿Compras en internet? Alertan de "patrones oscuros"; esto es lo que sabemos (Shopping on the internet? They warn of "dark patterns"; this is what we know)
Liputan 6, Mar. 2021: Cara Melindungi Privasi di Media Sosial Agar Terhindar dari Kekerasan Berbasis Gender Online (How to Protect Privacy on Social Media to Avoid Online Gender Based Violence)
Proceso, Mar. 2021: Qué son los "dark patterns" en los sitios web de compras y cómo evitarlos (What are "dark patterns" on shopping websites and how to avoid them)
Universo Online, Feb. 2021: Proteção de dados: o que você, empresas e poder público podem fazer [Data protection: what you, business and government can do]
Teyit, Dec. 2020: Araştırma: Sağlıkla ilgili yanlış bilgilere karşı bağışıklığınızı güçlendirin (Research: Strengthen your immunity to health misinformation)
NPR, Oct. 2020: Your Technology Is Tracking You. Take These Steps For Better Online Privacy
Tennessean, Oct. 2020: Ultimately, it's up to us to change social media
Inforum, Sep. 2020: Digital detox helps users understand their data
5280, Sep. 2020: “The Social Dilemma” Wants You to Delete Facebook
Mon Quartier, Jul. 2020: Chronique Techno (Tech Chronicle)
Evening Standard, Mar. 2020: How to delete yourself from the internet
Maldita, Feb. 2020: Alternativas digitales para tu día a día [Digital alternatives for your day to day]
Radio Canada, Jan. 2020: Un outil pour planifier son régime de données personnelles [A tool to plan your personal data regime]
CNET, Jan. 2020: This VR living room lets you step inside a data-privacy nightmare
Mashable, Nov. 2019: How to do a data detox when you're super lazy
Forbes, Nov. 2019: Nine Important Tips To Protect Your Online Privacy And Security
El País Retina, Oct. 2019: Cuatro señales de que estás enganchado al móvil y tres formas de romper su hechizo [Four signs that you're hooked on your phone and three ways to break its spell]
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Sep. 2019: Wie man mit wenigen Schritten seine Datenflut eindämmt [How to stem the flood of data in just a few steps]
CNN Chile, Feb. 2019: 7 consejos para cuidarse del ciberacoso y la violencia en Internet [7 tips to take care of cyberbullying and violence on the Internet]
BBC Click, Radio 4; Jan. 2019: Data Detox for the New Year
Die Zeit, May 2018: Sicher online unterwegs sein? (Safe to be Online)
KCRW Radio, May 2018: “It’s never too late”: Tactical Tech’s Cade Diehm on detoxing your digital life
London Evening Standard, Mar. 2018: I Hacked My Apps to Find Where my Data was Going and You Should Too
Times of India, Apr 2018: We tried a data detox, and it’s hard work
Teen Vogue, Mar. 2018: How to Delete Facebook Accounts: it's not as easy as it sounds
El Pais, Feb. 2018: El plan de ocho días que siguen los expertos para que no les vigilen más en internet (The eight-day plan that the experts follow so they do not watch over them on the internet)
Slate, Feb 2017: Cybersecurity Self-Defence: How To Make Your Smartphone More Secure
Vogue, January 2017: Forget About That Cleanse - Do a Data Detox Instead

Exposing the Invisible

"Eine gute erste Anlaufstelle und Informationsplattform für Aktivisten, Journalisten und Interessierte, die investigativ tätig sind." ["A good first port of call and information platform for activists, journalists and anyone interested in investigative work."] - netzpolitik.de

Maldita, Aug. 2021: Maldita Tecnología gana una beca del fondo europeo IJ4EU para realizar una investigación periodística sobre el uso que las aplicaciones hacen de los datos personales [Maldita Tecnología wins a grant from the European fund IJ4EU to carry out a journalistic investigation on the use that applications make of personal data]
Real Life Mag, Mar. 2021: Source Material
The Verge, Mar. 2021: ‘Anti-capitalist’ Verkada hacker charged by US government with attacks on dozens of companies
Computer Bild, Feb. 2021: Tor und VPN gleichzeitig nutzen [Use Tor and VPN at the same time]
El Periodico, May 2020: DocuCommons, una muestra para debatir sobre los problemas del mundo (DocuCommons, a model for discussing the world's problems)
The Week, May 2020: Donald Trump: should social media companies fact check the president?
Middle East Eye, Jan. 2020: Saudi Arabia's bot army flourishes as Twitter fails to tame the beast
Data Journalism, Oct. 2019: Following the money
Washington Post, Nov. 2018: I’m a Saudi activist. Twitter put my life in danger.
Open Democracy, May 2017: This is how you can leverage social media to uncover wrongdoing
The Express Tribune with the New York Times: Cyber security conference: Film challenges ‘official’ narrative on drones
International Center for Journalists: Online Documentary Series Spotlights Muckraking Methods of ICFJ Reporting Network
Cafe Pacific:Exposing the Invisible - digital technology for social justice
Global Voices: Film Documents America's “Invisible” Drone War in Pakistan (translated into Malagasy, German, Russian, Urdu, Spanish)
Zeit Online Netzfilmblog: Information = Währung: “Exposing the Invisible”
Universidad del Norte: Exponiendo lo invisible: Una forma de hacer periodismo investigativo (Exposing the Invisible: one way to do investigative journalism)
Knowledge Bridge: Investigative reporting on the rise
Mondiaal Nieuws: Unseen War: de onzichtbare drone-oorlog in Pakistan (Unseen War: the invisible drone war in Pakista_n)
The Daily Blog: Exposing the Invisible – digital technology for social justice
Atlatszo: A hét videója: Az én nézőpontomból (Video of the Week: From My Point of View)
Global Voices: Exposing the Invisible: Video Profiles of Info-Activists
Netzpolitik: Exposing the Invisible: Investigativer Journalismus im Digitalen Zeitalter (Investigaive Journalism in the digital age)
Geographical Imaginations: Unseen War
No Average Robot: Exposing the Invisible: über die arbeit investigativer journalisten, aktivisten und hacker weltweit (..about the work of investigative journalists, activists and hackers worldwide)
Anonymiss Legion: Exposing The Invisible: Our currency is Information
Zoon Politicon: Datengetriebene Recherche und Umsetzung zwischen Journalismus und Aktivismus
MartinGrandJean: Montrer l’invisible : analyse de réseau et journalisme d’investigation face au crime organisé
Journalism Fund: Video - Our Currency Is Information
FCPA Blog: Our currency is information
Atlatszo: A hét videója: A pénznemünk az információ (Video of the Week: our Currency is Information)
Financial Times, January 2017: Give your online personal data a detox

What the Future Wants

"This kit encourages children and teenagers to think about their digital life in an entertaining and fun way, and guides them along a “detox” process." - Xarxa Net

Kulturalist, Nov. 2021: KULTURALIST #01
Fatima Missionaria, Feb. 2021: Kit de atividades ajuda jovens a refletir sobre as suas vidas digitais [Activity kit helps young people reflect on their digital lives]
Xarxa Net Non Profit, May 2020: 'Data Detox x Youth', an activity book to take control of technology
Xarxa Net, Sep. 2020: Data Detox x Youth', un llibre d'activitats per prendre el control de la tecnologia ['Data Detox x Youth', an activity book to take control of technology]
Africa Feeds, May 2020: Online safety guide for young Africans launched amid Covid-19
TV3 Ghana, May 2020: COVID19 - 360

The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition (2020-)

“Berlin-based NGO Tactical Tech injected the well-worn topic of “fake news” and social profiling with refreshing clarity in The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition.” - ArtAsiaPacific*

One of the interactive posters from The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition

Arte, Dec. 2020: Künstliche Intelligenz – Gibt es die kreative Maschine? [Artificial intelligence - does the creative machine exist?]
Suspilne, Nov. 2021: Виставка про безпеку в інтернеті: у херсонській бібліотеці вчать медіаграмотності [Exhibition on Internet safety: media literacy is taught in the Kherson library]
Zvzda, Nov. 2021: В Перми покажут выставочный проект DATA CTRL CENTRE — о медиаграмотности и защите данных в интернете [DATA CTRL CENTER exhibition project on media literacy and data protection on the Internet will be shown in Perm]
Marie Claire (Taiwan), Nov. 2021: 【Art Talk】策展人蔡宏賢專訪，藝術說的是我們的當代故事 [[Art Talk] Interview with the curator Cai Hongxian, art tells our contemporary story]
500 Times, Oct. 2021: 探測當下、想像未來，C-LAB未來媒體藝術節：23組藝術家參與創作，串連FUTURE VISION LAB突破想像 [Exploring the present and imagining the future, C-LAB Future Media Art Festival: 23 groups of artists participated in the creation, connecting FUTURE VISION LAB to break through imagination]
Yahoo News, Oct. 2021: C-LAB未來媒體藝術節 [C-LAB Future Media Art Festival]
Art News, Oct. 2021: C-LAB Future Media Arts Festival Envisions the Ultimate Collaboration of Technology and Art
Business Next, Oct. 2021: 「C-LAB未來媒體藝術節」線上、線下虛實X Dome沉浸式劇場表演，擺脫數位威權、AI Deepfake深偽技術的操控，迎向未來美好樣貌 ["C-LAB Future Media Art Festival" online and offline virtual and real X Dome immersive theater performances, get rid of the manipulation of digital authority and AI Deepfake technology, and face the beautiful future]
Dublin Inquirer, Aug. 2021: A Portable Exhibition on the Many Systems – Including the Internet – that Enmesh U
Le Lien Multimedia, Aug. 2021: Le Festival MUTEK dévoile sa programmation gratuite [The MUTEK Festival unveils its free programming]
The American Prospect, Jun. 2021: Stealing Ur Website
Outlook India, Jun. 2021: A Bengaluru Museum is Hosting a Virtual Exhibition About the Pandemic
Ahram, May 2021: Cairotronica: Platform for media artists to ruminate on digital technology's impact on life
Mint Lounge, May 2021: Science Gallery Bengaluru's new show studies the science of spread
Maldita, May 2021: Deepfakes: alcance y riesgos de esta tecnología en Twitch [Deepfakes: scope and risks of this technology on Twitch]
Colta, Apr. 2021: Гёте-Институт представит проект о цифровой грамотности на «EMA Expo 2021» [Goethe-Institut to present digital literacy project at EMA Expo 2021]
Tjekdet, Apr. 2021: Kan tilgås online på dansk: Interaktiv udstilling lærer elever om digital dannelse gennem quizzer, spil og videoer [Can be accessed online in Danish: Interactive exhibition teaches students about digital education through quizzes, games and videos]
Prosrpski, Feb. 2021: Izložba „Staklena soba“ [Exhibition "Glass Room"]
Cafe del Montenegro, Feb. 2021: Izložba The Glass Room od sjutra u Galeriji Art [Exhibition The Glass Room from tomorrow in the Art Gallery]
Dan Online, Feb. 2021: Staklena soba [Glass Room]
Montenegrina, Feb. 2021: Big Tech shattered in Glass Room art exhibit
Cafe del Montenegro, Feb. 2021: U Galeriji Art otvorena izložba The Glass Room [The Glass Room exhibition opens at the Art Gallery]
Pobjeda, Feb. 2021: Prepoznavanje dezinformacije u onlajn prostoru [Recognizing misinformation in the online space]
Vijesti, Feb. 2021: „Staklena soba” o relaciji čovjek – tehnologija ["Glass Room" about the human-technology relationship]
Vijesti, Feb. 2021: Izložba „Staklena soba“ [Exhibition "Glass Room"]
Tech Zim, Feb. 2021: Is our data safe on the internet?
Media Sapiens, Jan. 2021: Заспокойтеся та перевірте інформацію. Чого вчить виставка «Віднови контроль» (Calm down and check the information. What the exhibition "Restore control" teaches)
Exberliner, Jan. 2021: The Glass Room. Online Exhibition and Data Detox Kit
RTV SLO 1 (Slovenian TV), Nov. 2020: Dobro jutro (Good morning)
Voima, Nov. 2020: The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition
The Anglo-Celt, Nov. 2020: Cavan Monaghan Science Festival goes virtual
Tech Blog NZ, Nov. 2020: Exhibition exploring online misinformation set to tour NZ
Voxy, Nov. 2020: Exhibition exploring online misinformation set to tour NZ - Tohatoha
Scoop, Nov. 2020: Exhibition Exploring Online Misinformation Set To Tour NZ
Primorske, Nov. 2020: Razstava o napačnih informacijah (Exhibition on misinformation)
Media Sapiens, Oct. 2020: «Куншт» та Goethe-Institut розкажуть про медіаграмотність та захист персональних даних в інтернеті (Kunsht and Goethe-Institut to talk about media literacy and personal data protection on the Internet)
Novoye Vremya, Oct. 2020: Афіша 30 жовтня — 6 листопада (Poster October 30 - November 6)
Shroffed, Oct. 2020: 7 Main Exhibitions of the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2020
Ocula Magazine, Oct. 2020: Microwave International Announces 2020 Theme
ArtAsiaPacific, Sep. 2020: Digital Self-Defense: Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2020
Causcasus Business Week, Jul. 2020: PechaKucha Night Tbilisi vol. 11: on Fake News
OrderPaper, Jun. 2020: Glass Room: The misinformation edition
The Cable, Jun. 2020: Glass Room: The misinformation edition

The Glass Room, San Francisco (2019)

“A new art and technology exhibit in downtown San Francisco mimics perfectly the ubiquitous form of so many technology stores — though not their function.” - San Francisco Chronicle*

The Glass Room San Francisco was a winner of the Creative Review's The Annual 2020 award

CGTN, Nov. 2019: Technology art exhibit ‘The Glass Room’ helps visitors peer into their digital future (video coverage available here)
CNET, Oct. 2019: Big Tech shattered in Glass Room art exhibit
East Bay Times, Oct. 2019: ‘The Glass Room’: Free S.F. exhibit examines our tech lives
Mercury News, Oct. 2019: ‘The Glass Room’: Free S.F. exhibit examines our tech lives (syndicated)
The Register, Oct. 2019: Privacy pop-up exhibit shows people in The Glass Room shouldn't throw phones – though they may well want to
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 2019: At ‘The Glass Room’ pop-up, ‘Black Mirror’ meets the Museum of Ice Cream
SF Gate, Oct. 2019: We tried the creepy new 'Glass Room' pop-up in San Francisco
Wired, Aug. 2019: It's Time to Rethink Your Data—Including Your Smell Data
YR Media, Dec. 2019: In Case You Missed It: A Visit to ‘The Glass Room’

The Glass Room, London (2017)

"I came away feeling that we should all make an effort to understand the new digital world we inhabit and take responsibility for our engagement with large digital companies whenever we can." - Tech Trends*

L'ADN, Nov. 2017: Un detox bar pour dédramatiser la data [FR] A detox bar to de-dramatise the data
Alphr, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room: Uncover the secrets of your online life in Mozilla's new exhibition [EN]
AOL, Oct. 2017: Dystopian pop-up in London looks at future of data tracking [EN]
Al Jazeera News, Oct. 2017: Repeat coverage of The Glass Room London during Al Jazeera's rolling news broadcast on 27/10/2017
Art Agenda, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room [EN]
Art Licks, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room [EN]
Associated Press, Oct. 2017: Dystopian exhibit reveals how our data is tracked [EN]
BBC Future, Oct. & Nov. 2017: The eight-day guide to a better digital life [EN], Як оздоровити своє онлайн-життя [UA] How to improve your online life & What does the internet know about? Watch now to find out! (BBC Future Facebook Live video) [EN]
BBC Radio 4 - You & Yours, Oct. 2017: Expensive care options, Data detox, Horrible Halloween 26/10/2017 (from 23:02) [EN]
BBC Radio London, Oct. 2017: BBC Radio London with Simon Lederman and Jamie Kelsey Fry 25/10/2017 (from 2:08:20) [EN]
BBC World Service - Tech Tent, Oct. 2017: Facebook Scares Publishers & Tech Tent: Media panic at Facebook news experiment [EN]
Breathe Publication, Nov. 2017: Looking Through The Glass Room - Examining our privacy in a digital landscape [EN]
Campaign, Oct. 2017: Mozilla encourages people to 'reduce digital footprint' with pop-up [EN]
Channel 4 News, Oct. 2017: The darker side of data privacy video [EN]

Interview for Channel 4 at The Glass Room London.

cnBeta, Nov. 2017: The Glass Room伦敦展把网络监控变成艺术 [CN] London show turns network monitoring into art
The Courier, Oct., 2017: Disruptive tech store sells noting except reflection [EN]
Ctr Alt Delete, Oct. 2017: Let's Talk About Privacy, Our Data and The Internet [EN]
The Culture Trip, Oct. 2017: Exploring the Erosion of Internet Privacy with Interactive Art [EN]
Data Privacy Philippines, Oct. 2017: London's The Glass Room to Help Raise Consumer Privacy Awareness [EN]
Design Week, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room: the exhibition uncovering the hidden side of our online lives & 5 Important Things That Happened In Design This Week [EN]
Digitcult, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room [IT]
Digital Agency Network, Nov. 2017: Reclaim Your Digital Self – The Glass Room Experience [EN]
Digital Trends, Nov. 2017: As Chrome tarnishes, Mozilla is ready to reignite Firefox with Quantum [EN]
Eye Magazine, Oct. 2017: Events October - Don't Miss The Glass Room [EN]
Fiona Cullinan, Nov. 2017: On becoming a Glass Room Ingenius [EN]
Forbes, Nov. 2017: This App Will Help You Regain Control Over Your Data (And Devices) [EN]
Huffington Post, Nov. 2017: From Menstruation Apps to Nude Selfies: Data Politics [EN]
Insider Pro, Nov. 2017: Тотальная слежка: Что о вас знает интернет (и что с этим делать) [RU] Total surveillance: What does the Internet know about you (and what to do about it)
The List, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room [EN]
Londonist, Oct. 2017: Things To Do Today In London [EN]
Le Macchine Volanti, Dec. 2017: I nostri dati personali finiscono in vetrina [IT] Our personal data end up in the window
Marketing Data, Oct. 2017: Glass Room by Mozilla & TTC in London [EN]
Marketing Week, Nov. 2017: How Firefox owner Mozilla is helping consumers take control of their digital lives [EN]
Mashable, Oct. 2017: This store with nothing for sale wants to help you take control of your online privacy [EN]
Monocle - The Urbanist, Nov. 2017: Technology and utopias - The Glass Room [EN] Episode 318 (from 08:39)
The Mozilla Blog, Oct. 2017: Mozilla and Tactical Technology Collective bring The Glass Room to London [EN]
New Scientist, Nov. 2017: I went on a data diet and all I got was ads and paranoia [EN] & Ik ging op datadieet en ontdekte hoe gemakkelijk ik mijzelf te grabbel gooide [NL] I went on a data diet and discovered how easily I threw myself away
Neowin, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room will teach Londoners scary things about data [EN]
Nesta, Nov. 2017: Bringing the data privacy debate to the high street [EN]
NYU News, Nov. 2017: “Eccentric Engineering” on Display at The Glass Room, London [EN]
PSFK, Nov. 2017: This Store Helps You Dig Deep Into Your Private Data [EN]
Red Shark, Nov. 2017: Who’s got your information? Here’s how to protect yourself [EN]
Secret London, Oct. 2017: This Interactive Art Gallery Is Helping You Detox Your Data [EN]
The Social Change Agency, Nov. 2017: The Glass Room: Technology is inherently political [EN]
State Library of Queensland Blogs, Nov. 2017: Fancy a Data Detox? [EN]
The Sydney Morning Herald, Oct. 2017: A disruptive tech store with nothing for sale but reflection [EN]
TechRepublic, Nov. 2017: Video: The Glass Room will force you to reconsider digital privacy [EN]
Tech Trends, Nov. 2017: Big Mother is Watching You [EN]
Urban 75, Nov. 2017: In photos: The Glass Room, a disruptive tech store with nothing for sale in London [EN]
The Verge, Nov. 2017: Turning the specter of internet surveillance into art [EN]
Vice - Motherboard, Nov. 2017: Ho lavorato per Facebook ma Mark Zuckerberg non mi pagherà [IT] I worked for Facebook but Mark Zuckerberg will not pay me
Voice, Oct. 2017: The Glass Room: Looking into your online life [EN]
Voice of America News, Nov. 2017: New Exhibit Shows How Tech Intrudes on Our Lives [EN]
Wired, Nov. 2017: Firefox thinks Quantum can beat Chrome with ethics… and speed [EN]
Wirtschafts Woche, Oct. 2017: Im digitalen Glaskasten [DE] In the digital glass case
Yahoo News, Oct. 2017: This store with nothing for sale wants to help you take control of your online privacy [EN] & Dystopian pop-up in London looks at future of data tracking [EN]
ZDNet, Nov. 2017: Can you have secrets online? This unusual pop-up shop will make you think again & Inside the pop-up store that reveals the truth about web privacy [EN]

The Glass Room, New York City (2016)

"I left the Glass Room invigorated by the ways artists are exploring the dark side of our digital footprint." - The New York Times*

Articles by Members of Tactical Tech

Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung, Dec. 2020: Reflections on the European Democracy Action Plan: An Easily-Overlooked Concern , by Varoon Bashyakarla
Tech Round, Dec. 2020: Your Data, Our Democracy: Tactical Tech , by Sasha Ockenden
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Nov. 2020: Pandemic Politics: Targetted Influence in the Age of Covid-19, by Christy Lange
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Oct. 2020: Artists force us to confront the rise in citizen surveillance , by Christy Lange
Goethe Institut, Oct. 2020: Artists force us to confront the rise in citizen surveillance, by Christy Lange
VENRO, Sep. 2020: Daten als digitales Gold. Der Einfluss von Unternehmen auf Wahlen und die Rolle digitaler Technologien [Data as Digital Gold. The Influence of Firms on Elections and the Role of Digital Technologies], by Sasha Ockenden & Theresa Henne
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Aug. 2020: The Zoom Boom: It Matters Which Tech Tools You Choose to Work from Home, by Christy Lange
Hacked Off, Aug. 2020: Guest post: Tactical Tech – The Data Detox Kit, by Sasha Ockenden
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Jul. 2020: The Behavioural Surveillance Dilemma: Human Rights, Technology and the New Normal, by Stephanie Hankey
Project Syndicate, Jun. 2020: The Behavioral Data Debate We Need, by Stephanie Hankey
Stop Funding Hate, Jun. 2020: Misinformation, Disinformation and the Coronavirus, by Sasha Ockenden
Monthly Review, Feb. 2020: Personal Data: Political persuasion Reprint of guidebook by the Data & Politics team
Euronews, Apr. 2019: A year on, Cambridge Analytica still remains topical – even from beyond the grave by Gary Wright
Euronews, Mar. 2018: Cambridge Analytica Users Shouldn't Have to Quit Social Network to Protect Themselves, _by Varoon Bashyakarla and Stephanie Hankey
El Topo, June 2017: LGTB en África y sus aliadas, atrapadas en la red (In Africa, LGBT and their defenders caught in the net), by Alexandra Hache and Spyros Monastiriotis, with Leil-Zahra
Open Democracy, June 2015: Exposing the Invisible, by Gabi Sobliye
Open Society Foundations, May 2015: This Tool Lets you see exactly who's tracking what you're reading online by Fieke Jansen
Altermondes, March 2015: En Afrique, l es LGBT et leurs défenseurs pris dans le net (In Africa, LGBT persons and their supporters are caught in the net), by Alexandra Hache and Spyros Monastiriotis, with Leil-Zahra
Global Voices Advocacy, March 2015: Tactical Tech's new tool helps you watch the watchers, by Fieke Jansen and Maria Xynou
Huffington Post Deutschland, Feb 2014: Social Media: Wir verkaufen uns selbst, und glauben, dass das cool ist by Stephanie Hankey - Original version in English: We're Selling Ourselves and We Think It's Cool
Azeri Report, Nov 2013: Exposing the Invisible: The State of Investigative Journalism in the Caucasus, by Lucy Wallwork
Huffington Post UK, Aug 2013: Info-activism: Why You (Yes You!) Should Care About It, by Eva Blum-Dumontet
New Internationalist, Aug 2013: Mobilize, organize – but also scrutinize, by Marek Tuszynski
The Guardian, Aug 2011: Why digital privacy and security are important for development, by Tanya Notley

Older Coverage

General Tactical Tech

Al Jazeera, Nov. 2016: Will China lift its ban on Facebook?
Factory, Nov. 2016: Tactical Tech wants to Help You Track Your Digital Footprint
Plurrify, May 2016: #22: Tactical Tech, Marek Tuszynski [podcast]
SourceCode Berlin / Wikimedia Deutschland, Jan. 2016: Tactical Tech: info-activism, from Berlin to the World [podcast]
Taz, Dec. 2015: Überwachung merkst du nicht (Surveillance is something you don't notice)
Al Jazeera, Nov. 2015: Rebel Geeks episode 03: The Critical Engineers [video]
The Telegraph, Oct. 2015: How to avoid cyber-attacks
Motherboard Vice, Sept. 2015: Why Security Experts Are Using an Ancient Email Format in 2015
Brigitte, May 2015: Stephanie Hankey helps people to cover their tracks online
La Repubblica, Jan. 2015: Hacker Ribello a Berlino (Hacker Rebellion in Berlin)
Open Democracy, Jun. 2015: Who is the subject of digital rights?
Le Nouvel Observateur, May 2015: Comment Berlin est devenue la capitale des hackers (How Berlin has become the hacker capital)
The Guardian, Nov. 2014: Berlin’s digital exiles: where tech activists go to escape the NSA
Handelsblatt Global, Sept. 2014, Berlin, European Capital of Digital Dissent [pdf]
exBerliner, Sept. 2014, Berlin's digital rebellion
Radio Web Macba, Sept. 2014, Interview with Marek Tuszynski
Neues Deutchland, Apr. 2014: Technik und Taktik (Technology and tactics)
Cicero Magazin für Politische Kultur, Mar. 2014: Warum Proteste weltweit gären (Why protests are brewing globally)
Huffington Post Germany, Mar. 2014: Die besten Social Entrepreneurs Deutschlands (The best social entrepreneurs in Germany)
Wired UK, Feb. 2014: Berlin Duo Can Help You Cover Your Tracks
Financial Times, Mar. 2012: Arabellion, made in Germany (print only)
Hive, Mar. 2012: Wie Deutsche Netzaktivisten die Arabellion unterstützen (How German online activists suport the Arabellion)
Guardian Tech Podcast, May 2012: The Future of Data Activism

Previous Projects

Nervous Systems Exhibition, The White Room, Berlin (2016)

Neural IT/EN, March 2017, 'Nervous Systems' catalogue review, [EN]
FRIEZE DE/EN, issue 24, July 2016: Home Alone: On art, architecture, and domestic effects of digitalization [EN]
WDW Review, July 2016: Can the Cultural Logic of the Digital Era be Exhibited? A tale of two shows [EN]
Metropolism, May 2016: How to live in a society where every aspect of life is quantified [EN]
Kunstkritikk,May 2016: Livit som data (Life as Data) [NO]
Art Monthly, issue 396: May 2016 [currently in print]
Betterplace Lab, April 2016: Sind wir Teil eines nervösen Systems? (Are we Part of a Nervous System?) [DE]
We Make Money not Art, April 2016: Confessions of a Data Broker and Other Tales of a Quantified Society [EN]
Furtherfield, April 2016: Nervous Systems – Algorithms and our everyday life [EN]
Zeitgeschichte, April 2016: Identität im Digitalen Zeitalter (Identity in the Digital Age) [DE]
Art Berlin, April 2016, Top Exhibitions April 2016: Nervous Systems - Quantified Life and the Social Question
Art Berlin, April 2016, Gallery Weekend Guide: Kunst-Tipps von Dr. Nina Koidl (Gallery Weekend Guide: Art Tips from Dr Nina Koidl) [DE]
Neues Deutschland, April 2016, Im technischen Nervenzentrum (In the technical nerve centre) [DE]
aqnb, April 2016, No Human is a Data Island [EN]
Dwutygodnik, April 2016, Niewidzialne fronty (Invisible Frontlines) [PL]
Taz, April 2016, Digitaler Bärendienst: Leben unter den Bedingungen der digitalen Ausforschung: die „Nervöse Systeme“-Schau im HKW (Digital disservice: Life under the condition of digital scrutiny) [DE]
NZZ, April 2016, Sind wir Herr der Maschinen, oder ist es umgekehrt? (Are we Masters of the machines, or is it the other way around?) [DE]
Tagesspiegel, March 2016, Data Detox [DE]
exBerliner, March 2016: Nervous Systems: Big issues with big data [EN]
Deutsche Welle, March 2016: „Nerwowe systemy”. Życie pod nadzorem ("Nervous systems". Life under surveillance) [PL]
iRights, March 2016: Nervöse Systeme – Was Algorithmen für unseren Alltag bedeuten (Nervous Systems - what algorithms mean for our everyday lives) [DE]
Donau Kurier Berlin, March 2016: Verstecken hilft nicht (hiding doesn't help) [DE]
Wired Germany, March 2016: Peeple und die Angst um unsere digitale Identität (Peeple and the anxiety around our digital identity) [DE]
Der Tagesspiegel, March 2016: Traume sind nicht dechiffrierbar (Dreams are not decryptable) [DE]
Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 2016: Verhalten Sie sich ganz normal! (Just behave normally!) [DE]
SWR2 - Kulturthema, March 2016: Nervöse Systeme - Quantifiziertes Leben und die soziale Frage [radio + article]
Deutschlandfunk - Corso, March 2016: Der Mensch verfängt sich im Datennetzwerk (Human beings caught in the data network) [DE]
Deutschlandradio Kultur - Kompressor, March 2016: Warum Big Mama zum Fürchten ist (Why we should fear "Big Mama") [DE]
Dars Magazine, March 2016: Nervous Systems - Vita quantificata e questione sociale (Nervous Systems - Quantified Life and the Social Question) [IT]
Zitty Berlin, March 2016: Nervöse Systeme - Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt stellt Projekte zu Datenströmen und Kontrollverlust aus [DE]; "Empfehlung fürs Wochenende" (Recommendation for the weekend)
Tip Berlin, March 2016 Technologie ist nie neutral (Technology is never neutral) [DE]

Me and My Shadow

ARD Mittagsmagazin, Mar. 2018: Video: Selbstversuch: Bei Facebook abmelden (Trying to delete Facebook)
Femmetech, Dec 2016: Digital Information Security: Explaining the Two Main Issues & How To Deal With Them
The Guardian, Oct 2016: Machine Logic: our lives are ruled by big tech's 'decisions by data'
Contraste, Feb 2015: Leben in einer quantifizierten gesellschaft (Life in a quantified society)
La Stampa, Dec 2015: Così il tuo smartphone sa tutto di te, e del tuo futuro (Your Smartphone knows everything about you, including your future)
BBC Radio 4, Nov 2015: Dictatorship of Data (from 26:30) [audio]
The Guardian, Oct 2015: The Power of Privacy, episode 3: What can you do if your private data goes public? [video]
Elevate Festival, Oct 2015 : The Politics of Data in a Quantified Society
ZDF Heute, June 2015: Im Kampf gegen die Datenkraken (in battle against the data octopus)
ZDF Elektrische Reporter, May 2015: 123: Reputation, Polizei und Nutzerverfolgung [video]
Wired Italy, Feb 2015: Ecco dove finiscono i tuoi dati (This is where your data ends up)
Politik-digital, Feb 2015: Trackography bringt Licht ins Dickicht der stillen Datenlauscher (Trackography brings light to the silent data eavesdroppers)
Fast Company, Feb 2015: This interactive tool shows you what media outlets are tracking you
Tegenlicht, Oct 2013: Waar vind je jouw data? (Where can you find your data?)
The Daily Beast, June 2013: How to Keep the NSA at Bay: The Tricks from Privacy Experts
Netzpolitik, May 2012: Me & My Shadow: Neues Tool zeigt “Datenschatten” im Internet (New tool shows data shadows on the internet)
The Guardian – Tech Weekly podcast, May 2012: Google's master of search [audio]

Time Magazine: Five anti-spying hacks
The Guardian: NSA surveillance: is it possible to exist online without casting a digital shadow?
Do Not Track: Can You Avoid Being Tracked?
Deutsche Welle: "Me and My Shadow" - Spuren im Netz (Me and My Shadow - traces on the internet)
The Guardian: NSA surveillance: is it possible to exist online without casting a digital shadow?
Krytykapolityczna: Bogusz: Sila sieci (The Strength of the network)
Manila Standard: Your digital shadow
Netzpolitik: 31C3: Trackography – You never read alone
FrankWatching: Technologie lost problemen niet op (Technology Does not solve our problems)
Time magazine: The anonymous internet: privacy tools grow in popularity following NSA revelations

Digital Security Programme

Le Monde Diplomatique, Feb 2016: Unterwegs im Darknet (Journey through the Darknet)
Vice Motherboard, Sept 2015: Why Security Experts are using an ancient email format in 2015
Columbia Journalism Review, April 2015: Beware of keylogging
Ushahidi, Nov 2014: New Digital Security Guide for Environmental Rights Defenders
Global Voices Advocacy, Nov 2014: Digital Security Guide for Africa Environmental Rights Campaigners
The Irish Times, Nov 2014: Speaking out about democracy in ‘the golden age of surveillance’
Pen America, May 2013: Four Digital Security Lessons for Writers
Global Voices, April 2012: Robot shows us how to stay safe online
Deutsche Welle TV, Jun 2011: Cyber Attacks – Human Right Organizations in Danger, Global 3000 [video]
BBC radio, May 2011: Survival in the digital age: Stephanie Hankey offers a guide to safe online activism [audio]

Deutsche Welle: Journalists should make digital hygiene a habit
Amnesty International: 6 simple tools to protect your online privacy and help you fight back against mass surveillance
Global Journalist: In surveillance age, online safety key for journalists
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): LGBTQ Communities in the Arab World Face Unique Digital Threats
Deutsche Welle: Encryption: the key to online privacy
Cursus: [Securiser sa vie Numerique (Secure your digital life]](http://cursus.edu/article/21554/securiser-vie-numerique/#.VY1iiby1mk0)
Grist.org: "Our Most Paranoid Friends were completely right"

Visualising Information for Advocacy

European Digital Rights, Jun 2017: Running an algorithmic empire: The human fabric of Facebook
Art Review: Beautiful evidence, Pretty Lies
Accountability Tech: Visualising Information for Advocacy
International Journalists Network: Learn how to turn information into visual material to garner support. (arabic)
Greenpeace: How good design can change the world
Centre for internet and Society (CIS) India: Information Design - Visualizing Action
MIT Centre for Civic Media: Social Justice Through Data
The Sunday Guardian: Web sketchbook shows what e-Delhi does to its waste

Gender and Technology

Trip Wire, May 2017: Women in Information Security: Sarah Aoun
Global Voices: Introducing the Women's Rights Campaigning: info-activism toolkit
Global Voices: An info-activism toolkit on women's rights campaigning

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