Week 13 - BIG OTHER - 2ESDAYS

In our discussion, we noted that this article is very well-written on addressing the problem of privacy and surveillance in modern society. Our personal information is totally transparent to the people who are hidden at the back of the screens and monitoring us, However, we know nothing about them and we do not even know what they are doing with our data. In some situations, people don’t really know what are they giving consent to (Permission agreement is way too long). We also found that under the influence of information capitalism, there seems to be no trust on people, for example, we have to provide so many documents and goes through credit check processes to rent an apartment. Finally, we discussed that the data extraction processes happen almost every moment in our daily life and it’s inevitable. People can’t do anything to change this situation but at least each individual should be aware that “deception-induced ignorance is no social contract, and freedom from uncertainty is no freedom."