Jathan SadowskiinOneZeroNow Is the Time to Dismantle Our Cities’ Invasive Surveillance InfrastructureNot all innovation deserves to exist — many surveillance and policing technologies should never have been created in the first place·5 min read·Jun 17, 2020--10--10
Jathan SadowskiinOneZeroHow ‘Smart Tech’ Masks an Emerging Era of Corporate Control‘Smart tech’ is a buzzword that’s been applied to everything from toothbrushes to TVs — and the cute marketing helps hide what’s really…·11 min read·Mar 9, 2020--5--5
Jathan SadowskiinOneZeroIt’s Time to Bring Back the Government’s Expert Tech Policy UnitAn Office of Technology Assessment could defuse the techlash, but it must engage its public and resist being hijacked by corporate interests·7 min read·Nov 8, 2019--1--1
Jathan SadowskiinOneZeroPrivacy Is Just the Beginning of the Debate Over TechControversial ‘smart locks’ show the way that surveillance tech begins with the poor, before spreading to the rest of us·6 min read·Jun 6, 2019--5--5
Jathan SadowskiinOneZeroLandlord 2.0: Tech’s New Rentier CapitalismBy selling us hardware but retaining ownership of software and data, tech companies are treating users like digital tenants·6 min read·Apr 4, 2019--25--25
Jathan SadowskiStartups Want to Disrupt Our CitiesAlphabet’s Sidewalk Labs won’t be the last corporate attempt to gain power over urban infrastructure·9 min read·Oct 18, 2018--9--9