COVID 1984: Propaganda and Surveillance in a Pandemic
Deep dive into OSINT tracking of pandemic-era digital surveillance mechanisms, contact tracing apps, and propaganda.
Summary
Mauro Eldritch presents an in-depth OSINT investigation into state-sponsored surveillance and digital propaganda deployed under the guise of emergency healthcare responses. Examining the Argentine national tracing ecosystem and its mandatory mobile application CUIDAR, he analyzes the risks of centralized location tracking, identity card binding, and unchecked data aggregation.
At 01:53, Eldritch breaks down application permissions, network telemetry, and background tracking mechanisms. He analyzes coordinated social media manipulation networks at 03:55 and 05:54, illustrating how automated bot farms and paid trolls execute swarm behavior to artificially influence public discourse. At 10:01 and 14:02, he showcases network topology analysis, sentiment manipulation metrics, and digital footprint tracking used to uncover the infrastructure supporting state-aligned information campaigns.
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