About

Dead Pixel is an independent, journalist-owned news site. We cover technology the way it is actually experienced: surveillance you didn't consent to, software you don't control, and the people pushing back. No sponsored posts, no access journalism, no press-release rewrites.

We are funded by our readers. That structure is the point — the only people we answer to are the ones we report for.

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The team

Dex Okafor , Co-founder & Investigations Editor — Dex reports on hackers, breaches, and the cybercrime economy. His inbox is open to tips, leaks, and angry sysadmins.

June Park , Staff Writer, AI & Policy — June covers artificial intelligence and the policy fights around it — training data, labor, and the regulatory vacuum where the industry operates.

Maya Reyes , Co-founder & Senior Reporter — Maya covers surveillance, data brokers, and the privacy industry. Before co-founding Dead Pixel she spent eight years on the security desk of a national tech outlet.