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Sophia Goodfriend

Sophia Goodfriend is a PhD student in cultural anthropology at Duke University. Her doctoral research, supported by the National Science Foundation, sits at the intersection of science and technology studies, surveillance studies, and digital rights. Her writing has also appeared in Foreign PolicyJewish Currents, The Baffler, and Visual Anthropology Review. She tweets @sopgood.

Articles

Two new books examine the ordinary roots of our extraordinary regime of high-tech monitoring.

Sophia Goodfriend

In the high-tech culture of Tel Aviv, military-grade spying on civilians has become just another office job.

Sophia Goodfriend

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