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Table Of ContentForward by Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Letters by: Jenna Wortham Jenny Odell Carson Mell Chelsea Hogue Joanna Howard Essays by: Sara Wachter-Boettcher Cory Doctorow Ethan Zuckerman Elisabeth Stix Malkia Cyril Jennifer Kabat Gabriella Coleman Camille Fassett Soraya Okuda Thenmozhi Soundararajan Douglas Rushkoff Bruce Schneier Dave Maass Plus: Julia Angwin and Trevor Paglen in conversation, moderated by Should Law Enforcement Use Surveillance? a debate between Hamid Khan, Ken Montenegro, and Myke Coke Edward Snowden in conversation with Ben Wizner Alvaro Bedoya in conversation with Cindy Cohn Virginia Eubanks in conversation with Jacob Silverman and A Compendium of Law Enforcement Surveillance Tools by Edward F. Loomis
SynopsisIs this era of unprecedented, low-level distrust--in our tech companies and our peers, our democracy and our justice system--we never know who's watching us, what they know, and how they'll use it. Our personal data must be protected against Equifax hacks, doxxing, government tracking, and corporate data mining. Meanwhile, we wade through an unprecedented amount of disinformation and deception. Fake news and Russian-purchased propaganda are woven into our media diets, and anonymity on the internet leaves us ever suspicious. In the face of this, rather than seek privacy where we can, we eagerly offer up our remaining details to social media, craving the surveillance and scrutiny of our peers. We're unsure of how all of this is affecting the moral development of a generation coming of age in this new culture of surveillance, but we continue on. It leads us to wonder if we've reached the end of trust, and if we even care., Is this era of unprecedented, low-level distrust-in our tech companies and our peers, our democracy and our justice system-we never know who's watching us, what they know, and how they'll use it.Our personal data must be protected against Equifax hacks, doxxing, government tracking, and corporate data mining. Meanwhile, we wade through an unpre, Is this era of unprecedented, low-level distrust-in our tech companies and our peers, our democracy and our justice system-we never know who's watching us, what they know, and how they'll use it.Our personal data must be protected against Equifax hacks, doxxing, government tracking, and corporate data mining. Meanwhile, we wade through an unprecedented amount of disinformation and deception. Fake news and Russian-purchased propaganda are woven into our media diets, and anonymity on the internet leaves us ever suspicious.In the face of this, rather than seek privacy where we can, we eagerly offer up our remaining details to social media, craving the surveillance and scrutiny of our peers. We're unsure of how all of this is affecting the moral development of a generation coming of age in this new culture of surveillance, but we continue on. It leads us to wonder if we've reached the end of trust, and if we even care.