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Sam Hafferty Online
I'm a communicator and researcher focused on privacy and connectivity. Feel free to learn more on my about page linked here.
Current Projects
In progress...
- For the past year Daniel Flyer, Nitya Nadgir and I have been working on a security research project concerning student monitoring software as used in public education. We presented our early findings at ReCAP 2025.
- In early 2025, I begun a research project concerned with federal and state-level support towards programs which address digital literacy. A blog post announcing the study can be found on the CITP blog.
Eyes from the Street: Inverse Surveillance for Public Safety
April 2025
This year I developed and ran a short course on investigating state surveillance and communicating privacy issues to broad audiences at the Abrons Art Center with School of Making Thinking. Find the course site linked here. I'd be happy to lead this or a similar course with an aligned group.
WiFi Whispers
August 2024
A sonified internet speed connection test made during The Musical Web at the School for Poetic Computation. Find a live demo on my site and the code repository on Codeberg.
discernible.tech
August 2023 through May 2024
A real-time data exploration tool for mapping routes around police surveillance infrastructure in Brooklyn, NY. Find the documentation site at this link of the same name and a presentation video on Vimeo. Completed under guidance of Luisa Pereira.
slowchat
October 2023 through December 2023
A slow paper-based TCP video chat made in collaboration with Jo Suk under the guidance of Mark Lam during the course "Re-Decentralizing the Internet". Learn more on our GitHub repo.
Insecam Roulette
October 2023 through December 2023
Automated insecam based chat app. Concept by ylang cao. Final project for Molly Soda's "Streaming Against the Current" course. Learn more on the GitHub repo.
ShotSpotter Analysis
October 2023 through December 2023
A data analysis of Chicago's use of the algorithmic policing tool "ShotSpotter". This was a final project for a course titled "Data Analysis, Mapping & Storytelling" taught by Lucy Block & Patrick Spauster. Read the full data story on Medium.
Papernet
March 2023 through May 2023
A small network between users around the world and a single thermal printer in NYC. Made as a final project for Shawn Van Every's course titled "Live Web". Learn more on the project GitHub repo.
Chuchero Plus
March 2023 through May 2023
A movement controlled music instrument & visualizer. Made in collab with Alfonssette Medina. Learn more on our repo.
Memory Playthough
2022
A short film about loss. Critically acclaimed, per Carnegie Museum of Art, Maysles Documentary Center, and E-Flux; disliked by the auteur masses on Letterboxd. Free to watch and judge on Vimeo.
