In this age of information and surveillance, privacy has become a necessary watchword—a countermeasure to the constant documentation of what we say, do, buy, and consume.
Lowry Pressly's new book, The Right to Oblivion, might be read as a useful update to Foucault, in an era when this sort of domination has become so regular and thoroughgoing that many people might not even recognize it as such.
Surveillance creates suspicion and therefore the urge to surveil. This results in a vicious cycle that diminishes trust and amplifies control.
Today, when people think of privacy, they are likely to think of the protection of one’s personal data and information, which dangerously reduces humans to mere descriptions.
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