Technology is only a reflection of the people, their biases and understandings.
![Spying, leaking vital and sometimes misleading evidence, and ordering the destruction of documents were not uncommon practices, writes Dubcovsky [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141291410900734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Alejandra Dubcovsky is an assistant professor of History at Yale University whose research and teaching focus on colonial America.
Technology is only a reflection of the people, their biases and understandings.
![Spying, leaking vital and sometimes misleading evidence, and ordering the destruction of documents were not uncommon practices, writes Dubcovsky [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141291410900734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)