In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously said “the age of privacy is over”. (Kirkpatrick, 2010) He’s walked back that statement in the ensuing years. However, there is a sense that with the proliferation of social media and the extent to which we are sharing information online, that we’ve evolved into a society that doesn’t value privacy as much as past generations. At the same time, we also proclaim that privacy is important and should be protected. Regulators are looking towards p

I'm re-reading Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - the first book selected by the Women in AI Ethics bookclub for 2021. It's been just over a year since I first read it and the content is hitting me in new ways. There is SO much to unpack and I'm only halfway through but I thought I'd share three things that are resonating with me. Are terms of service contracts a form of Requerimiento? In the 1500s, before invading and killing everyone in a community, Span

In a post-Christmas shopping spree, my husband brought home "an amazing deal" - a Ring doorbell bundled with an Amazon Echo. He had no intention of using the Echo, but he was super excited to protect our homestead with the Ring, and to join the neighbours in providing unauthorized surveillance for the neighbourhood. After a conversation about surveillance capitalism, documented issues with Ring itself and a hard look at the real crime stats for our neighourhood (which are neg