Richard Ngamita
@ngamita.bsky.social
researcher studying influence ops & mass surveillance
a really smart phishing campaign pretending to have come from google failed message send to past @google.com email that owned 12+ years ago.
August 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
a really smart phishing campaign pretending to have come from google failed message send to past @google.com email that owned 12+ years ago.
February 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
google maps caved in.. "Gulf of A??"
February 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
google maps caved in.. "Gulf of A??"
deepseek whale is resting.
January 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
deepseek whale is resting.
spotify interns having fun recently 😀
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
spotify interns having fun recently 😀
#surveillance 2.0 just dropped in Uganda: digital license plates rolling out today that track every vehicle's movement in real-time. at (~$190) per plate, it's a hefty cost for citizens. but the real price may be in privacy and civil liberties. @privacyint.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#surveillance 2.0 just dropped in Uganda: digital license plates rolling out today that track every vehicle's movement in real-time. at (~$190) per plate, it's a hefty cost for citizens. but the real price may be in privacy and civil liberties. @privacyint.bsky.social
musk's reach transcends trump's, with each of his x posts typically seen by twice as many users as a post from the president-elect via @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
December 17, 2024 at 12:55 PM
musk's reach transcends trump's, with each of his x posts typically seen by twice as many users as a post from the president-elect via @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
recently linked my @bsky.app account to my presentation on "emerging surveillance tech and ecosystems" and i'm starting to see more researchers doing the same.
December 11, 2024 at 3:48 PM
recently linked my @bsky.app account to my presentation on "emerging surveillance tech and ecosystems" and i'm starting to see more researchers doing the same.
headlines in east africa (kenya): a lady called mary wachuka maina owner of jipe inc., a us-based firm, sues govt for unpaid millions after hacking phones of former/current leaders, bloggers, activists & judges; claims she "successfully" completed contract. 🤭
November 26, 2024 at 12:58 PM
headlines in east africa (kenya): a lady called mary wachuka maina owner of jipe inc., a us-based firm, sues govt for unpaid millions after hacking phones of former/current leaders, bloggers, activists & judges; claims she "successfully" completed contract. 🤭
would have expected the community to do better but they've "liked" more than "reshared" the same post criticizing 🤦😂
November 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM
would have expected the community to do better but they've "liked" more than "reshared" the same post criticizing 🤦😂
"the far-right activist has nearly 900,000 followers on X, but reaches a much larger number of people." huge thanks to elon musk reinstating his account.
November 24, 2024 at 1:10 PM
"the far-right activist has nearly 900,000 followers on X, but reaches a much larger number of people." huge thanks to elon musk reinstating his account.
great to see, you're already have some connections 👏
November 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
great to see, you're already have some connections 👏
2023 marked a troubling year for internet shutdowns. Authorities deliberately interrupted the internet at least 283 times in 39 countries concealing, enabling violence, war crimes, attacks on democracy, and other atrocities, crushing the human rights of millions of people. #Shutdowns #Circumvention
November 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
2023 marked a troubling year for internet shutdowns. Authorities deliberately interrupted the internet at least 283 times in 39 countries concealing, enabling violence, war crimes, attacks on democracy, and other atrocities, crushing the human rights of millions of people. #Shutdowns #Circumvention
November 2024: The pattern peaks with Besigye's abduction. Prominent opposition figure taken during public book launch. Currently held in Kampala military facility.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
November 2024: The pattern peaks with Besigye's abduction. Prominent opposition figure taken during public book launch. Currently held in Kampala military facility.
October 18, 2024: Four Turkish refugees disappear in Nairobi. Government silent until forced to confirm "repatriation." Standard diplomatic protections for refugees openly disregarded. Government's delayed admission of "repatriation" exposes the facade.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
October 18, 2024: Four Turkish refugees disappear in Nairobi. Government silent until forced to confirm "repatriation." Standard diplomatic protections for refugees openly disregarded. Government's delayed admission of "repatriation" exposes the facade.
July 23, 2024: The scale escalates. 36 Ugandan FDC opposition leaders taken from Kisumu guesthouse. Joint operation - Kenyan intelligence, Ugandan military working in seamless coordination.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
July 23, 2024: The scale escalates. 36 Ugandan FDC opposition leaders taken from Kisumu guesthouse. Joint operation - Kenyan intelligence, Ugandan military working in seamless coordination.
Summer 2024 reveals the domestic crackdown pattern. June through August: Gen Z protesters systematically targeted. Multiple reports of abductions, torture. Bodies discovered weeks later. Digital surveillance infrastructure deployed against citizens, mobile operators compromised.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Summer 2024 reveals the domestic crackdown pattern. June through August: Gen Z protesters systematically targeted. Multiple reports of abductions, torture. Bodies discovered weeks later. Digital surveillance infrastructure deployed against citizens, mobile operators compromised.
October 2022 marks the beginning of Kenya's overt rendition services. Arshad Sharif, prominent Pakistani journalist in exile, killed in a suspicious "mistaken identity" operation. Official narrative crumbles under basic scrutiny - a targeted hit masked as mistaken identity.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
October 2022 marks the beginning of Kenya's overt rendition services. Arshad Sharif, prominent Pakistani journalist in exile, killed in a suspicious "mistaken identity" operation. Official narrative crumbles under basic scrutiny - a targeted hit masked as mistaken identity.
today i was a guest speaker at the digital research residency taking place in Berlin. In my presentation i took different researchers through the methodology and implementation of the "Ruto Lies" Project from data collection, biterm topic modeling, leaflet mapping etc #civictech #rutolies
November 19, 2024 at 3:40 PM
today i was a guest speaker at the digital research residency taking place in Berlin. In my presentation i took different researchers through the methodology and implementation of the "Ruto Lies" Project from data collection, biterm topic modeling, leaflet mapping etc #civictech #rutolies
next week, i'll present the "ruto lies" portrait project to researchers at a Berlin digital research residency! 5000+ tweets from
#rejectthefinancebill2024
protests from Kenya that we transformed into interactive data art. each dot = one citizen's voice related . digital activism meets civic tech.
#rejectthefinancebill2024
protests from Kenya that we transformed into interactive data art. each dot = one citizen's voice related . digital activism meets civic tech.
November 17, 2024 at 12:37 PM
next week, i'll present the "ruto lies" portrait project to researchers at a Berlin digital research residency! 5000+ tweets from
#rejectthefinancebill2024
protests from Kenya that we transformed into interactive data art. each dot = one citizen's voice related . digital activism meets civic tech.
#rejectthefinancebill2024
protests from Kenya that we transformed into interactive data art. each dot = one citizen's voice related . digital activism meets civic tech.
it's 0 days since I found out there's already a TweetDeck-style app for BlueSky at deck.blue and I feel personally attacked by this information 🚀
November 15, 2024 at 5:19 PM
it's 0 days since I found out there's already a TweetDeck-style app for BlueSky at deck.blue and I feel personally attacked by this information 🚀
In the next 3 hours BlueSky will have over 17M users signed up. Source : bsky-users.theo.io
November 15, 2024 at 2:24 PM
In the next 3 hours BlueSky will have over 17M users signed up. Source : bsky-users.theo.io
great to see several "conversation controls" built in early by the BlueSky team - in a recent research we performed on journalist @RanaAyyub's twitter account - the use of "choose who can reply" drastically cut abusive replies from 1000s to 100s.
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 PM
great to see several "conversation controls" built in early by the BlueSky team - in a recent research we performed on journalist @RanaAyyub's twitter account - the use of "choose who can reply" drastically cut abusive replies from 1000s to 100s.