You’re worth something. Here’s how to protect it 🛡️
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Five episodes. The companies monetizing your data, the brokers reselling it, the states watching you, the criminals preying on you, and the argument —...
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« I’ve got nothing to hide » — and why that argument...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Here we are, fifth episode of this series. We’ve mapped out the companies collecting and reselling your data, the states surveilling you, the criminals...
SIM swap, sextortion, fake officials: meet Cameroon’s data predators 🚨🇨🇲
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The first three episodes of this series described structured actors: companies following a business model, governments exercising legal — if contested — authority. This...
Internet shutdowns, facial recognition, state debt: Africa’s surveillance boom 🎥
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In the first two episodes of this series, we mapped a system. Your smartphone continuously generates data that companies monetize, that brokers resell, and...
Smuggled phones in Cameroon: Finance Ministry turns up the heat...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Cameroon’s government is accelerating the rollout of its mobile device oversight framework — and its patience is wearing thin. In a letter addressed to...
Haotian AI turns any scammer into anyone, instantly, on your...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français It’s 2pm. Your phone buzzes. A video call — a familiar face, a voice you recognize. You pick up. You talk. You trust. Except...
Meet the data brokers: the invisible companies profiting from your...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In the first episode of this series, we established a simple fact: your smartphone constantly generates data that flows to actors you’ve never heard...
Edit someone’s face with AI in Benin? You could face...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français AI-generated images impress, entertain, and unlock creative possibilities that seemed out of reach just a few years ago. But in Benin, the message is...
Viral and unverified: how social media is wounding Cameroonian families...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In the digital age, information moves at lightning speed. Since the disappearance of baby Wandji Bengono in Yaoundé, countless posts have flooded the internet...
What your smartphone knows about you — and who it...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français It’s 7 a.m. You silence your alarm, open WhatsApp, check your balance. You haven’t posted anything, bought anything, or signed anything. But you’ve already...