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In 2017, when the popular fitness app Strava released its Global Heatmap, at first, it seemed like a harmless engagement feature, perhaps a sort of Spotify Wrapped for runners. However, one observant Australian college student was the first to point out there might be more at play. Sure enough, analysts and academics soon confirmed that Strava’s gold mine of data posed an overlooked security risk, carrying implications far more consequential than exposing the most underrated running trail in town.
Sweden and Finland have both abandoned the principle of neutrality with their bids to join NATO, but the political and economic costs of full membership are far greater for Sweden.
Europe's securitized migration policies stem from post-Cold War defense industries' economic strategies, while its border externalization practices, including selling surveillance tech to authoritarian regimes, expose the profit-driven motives behind its migration management, challenging the prevailing "European liberal order" narrative.