NetAskari Podcast

We talked with independent researcher Sarah Cook of "Underreported China" about the global proliferation of Chinese LLM's and how the censorship build into the model can affect societies and businesses outside of China's borders. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com

In Episode six we are talking to Margot Fulde-Hardy and Lillie Turner from Graphika, a Social Network Analysis Firm, concerning their latest report "Glass Onion". They uncover a rather interesting online opinion influence network operating out of China, that seems part economical, part political and maybe all scam. Check out the fascinating report here: https://graphika.com/reports/glass-onion This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com

Dr. Valentine Weber is a senior research fellow at the German Council of Foreign Relations. We talk with him about his latest research on the use of "secure" messenger services inside the Peoples Liberation Army's eco system and the flaws and observations that arise with the need of secure communication but also the need of individual surveillance. Dr. Weber also operates the excellent substack China Techno Sphere: https://chinatechnosphere.substack.com/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com

We are talking to Dake Kang from the Associated Press about his ongoing investigation of Big Tech from the United States and their midwife role in building the worlds biggest surveillance machine in China, till today. Link to the AP story: https://apnews.com/article/chinese-surveillance-silicon-valley-uyghurs-tech-xinjiang-a80904158b771a14d5a734947f28d71b This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com

Benjamin Mixon-Baca and his colleagues published an interesting investigation into Free VPN ownership, technical and security flaws and potential links to Chinese cyber security companies and former PLA members: https://www.opentech.fund/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VPN-Transparency-Report.pdf This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com

The report "How China controls the internet and why it matters" can be found here: https://locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/intro/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com

In her study “China Is Studying How to Hack and Crash Our Power Grids”, Erika Lengerova went through a long list if research papers from China, focusing on the structure and weaknesses of foreign power grids. What first might have looked like a benign scientific or engineering focused research, felt increasingly like a process to sniff out weaknesses in digital infrastructure that powers modern electricity grids in the US and Europe. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit netaskari.substack.com