https://media.privacyinternational.org/videos/watch/0385dd99-6d0b-431e-b3db-eb90b9d75178 This week we're talking to Marianne from SMEX about their new report looking at the differing dynamics of producing, testing, and deployment of militarized technology across the Southwest Asia and Northern African region (SWANA). Links Report - ⁠Produced, tested, deployed: the Miltarisation of technology in the SWANA region⁠, Vodafone in Egypt story: ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/jul/26/vodafone-access-egypt-shutdown⁠, Lebanon and Israel leaflet drop: ⁠https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/03/13/israeli-warplanes-drop-leaflets-over-beirut-causing-panic-⁠, More about QR code leaflet drop: ⁠https://smex.org/smex-warns-of-risks-related-to-scanning-qr-codes-on-israeli-leaflets/⁠, More about the data security problem in Lebanon: ⁠https://smex.org/lebanons-data-security-problem-explained/⁠, Open Season - PI's old report on Syria: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/report/1016/open-season-building-syrias-surveillance-state⁠, PI's Militarisation of Tech project: ⁠https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/militarisation-of-tech⁠ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:20:55 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://media.privacyinternational.org https://media.privacyinternational.org/lazy-static/avatars/5c7454e0-676b-43a0-8933-4867d0c1f2e6.png https://media.privacyinternational.org/videos/watch/0385dd99-6d0b-431e-b3db-eb90b9d75178 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://media.privacyinternational.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.