Re:publica — The War on Concepts
This week I made my first visit to the re:publica annual geekfest in Berlin to do a talk called “The War on Concepts”. In my view this, to date, includes the four wars — on drugs, terror, the internet,...
View ArticleThe Dark Web — interview on TRT World
Here’s a recent interview I did for “The Newsmakers” programme on TRT World, discussing the Dark Web and privacy: The Newsmakers, TRT World, Turkey from Annie Machon on Vimeo. The Dark Web — interview...
View ArticleParliamentary Evidence on the UK Investigatory Powers Bill
My written evidence to the Scrutiny Committee in the UK Houses of Parliament that is currently examining the much-disputed Investigatory Powers Bill (IP): 1. My name is Annie Machon and I worked as an...
View ArticleDefending Human Rights in a Digital Age
This is an (abbreviated) version of my contribution to a panel discussion about human rights in a digital age, hosted last December by Professor Marianne Franklin and Goldsmiths University in London:...
View ArticleRT Going Underground — the Snoopers’ Charter
Here is a recent interview I did for the RT UK’s flagship news channel, “Going Underground” about the horrors of the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill — the so-called “snoopers charter” — that will...
View ArticleFight for your Right to Privacy
A recent talk I gave to the excellent Spark.me conference in beautiful Montenegro: Annie Machon at SparkMe conference 2016 from Annie Machon on Vimeo. Fight for your Right to Privacy
View ArticleThought police
Here is the full interview I did recently for RT about the announcement of a new section of the UK Metropolitan Police dedicated to hunting down “internet trolls”. And here is the clip used in the...
View ArticleThe Blacklist — how to go on the run
Recently I did this interview for BBC Click to promote the third series of the excellent US spy series “The Blacklist”: How to go on the run from Annie Machon on Vimeo. The series is apparently huge in...
View ArticleA Good American — Bill Binney
I have for a number of years now been involved with a global group of whistleblowers from the intelligence, diplomatic and military world, who gather together every year as the Sam Adams Associates to...
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Webstock, New Zealand, 2016
Now, I speak all over the world at conferences and universities about a whole variety of interconnected issues, but I do want to highlight this conference from earlier this year and give a shout out...
View ArticleCIA and MI5 hacking our “Internet of Things”
Yet again Wikileaks has come good by exposing just how much we are being spied upon in this brave new digital world — the Vault 7 release has provided the proof for what many of us already...
View ArticleGood Technology Collective
Recently I was invited to be on the global council of a new tech policy intitiative called the Good Technology Collective, based in Berlin. ~ Founded by a group of technology enthusiasts led by 1aim...
View ArticleThe EU’s Urge to Curb Bitcoin
The EU is trying to take steps to curb Bitcoin. Why? Here’s the long version: https://www.rt.com/news/413517-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-eu-crackdown/ And the short: The EU’s urge to curb Bitcoin from...
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Living in a World Bereft of Privacy
First Published by Consortiumnews.com. A few days ago I first received a menacing message from someone calling herself Susana Peritz, telling me that “she” had hacked my email, planted malware on my...
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