Case Studies

WhatsApp Channels: Meta’s Trojan Horse for Encrypted Platform Surveillance

WhatsApp's "Channels" feature launched in 2023 as a broadcast tool for one-to-many messaging. Meta positioned…

DuckDuckGo’s Microsoft Carve-Out: How “Privacy” Search Engines Inherited Cambridge Analytica’s Behavioral Compromise

DuckDuckGo markets itself as the privacy-conscious alternative to Google—a search engine that doesn't track users,…

ChatGPT and Claude: How AI Stores Conversations for Training Data

The rise of AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude has fundamentally transformed how we interact…

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The birth of surveillance capitalism: how Cambridge Analytica exposed the business of human data

What is surveillance capitalism? The term was popularized by Shoshana Zuboff in her landmark book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.…

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The psychology of persuasion: how Cambridge Analytica hacked human behavior

Understanding the mind behind the click Every digital action — every like, share, and comment — is a clue. Cambridge…

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The end of privacy: are we entering a world without secrets?

The illusion of privacy We like to think that privacy is a matter of choice — that by adjusting settings…

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The rise of digital activism: fighting back after Cambridge Analytica

The birth of a movement When the Cambridge Analytica revelations broke in 2018, millions of users realized that the platforms…

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