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Surveillance

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Surveillance is a mode of power based on the detailed and totalized observation of behavior. It is the prevailing form of power developed and deployed in modernity

Panopticon

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The panopticon is a structure of power-knowledge, used by Michel Foucault to describe a system in which totalized surveillance can be organized.

Surveillance capitalism

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Surveillance capitalism is an economic order and logic that claims human experience and behavior as free raw material for commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales.

Does a Fitbit make you healthier and happier?

Paper

Iris Olde Hampsink

06/09/2021

11 minutes to read

This article analyzes the app Fitbit, its aim and its game design elements. What makes Fitbit both successful and unsuccessful. Additionally, the article discusses what role participatory surveillance plays on the app.

The post-digital infrapolitics of Jurgen Conings

Article

Lisa van Turnhout

20/10/2021

10 minutes to read

The infrapolitics of Jurgen Conings in a post - digital and post - Christchurch world show social media leads to both more surveillance and more anonymous opportunities at the same time.

Proctorio and the Panopticon: Privacy issues during the pandemic

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

25/01/2021

9 minutes to read

This article explores the privacy risks that Proctorio and similar apps come with. In 2020, students had to perform their academic activities from home, including exams. Ensuring their integrity, however, comes with a violation of privacy.

Diggit profile: Kristof Verfaillie on security and surveillance

Interview

Jan Blommaert

11/03/2020

Criminologist Kristof Verfaillie discusses the totalizing and counterproductive aspects of contemporary, technologically shaped security and surveillance regimes.

Why we let Web 2.0 become the modern-day Stasi

Article

Lisa van Turnhout

25/05/2020

13 minutes to read

This article contemplates how our "culture of connectivity" brings forth privacy issues reminding us of government surveillance in East Germany. How does this work, and how do we all contribute to this culture?

Ben van Duppen, Smart cities, Smart city, democracy, big data, personal wallet

Ben Van Duppen on Smart Cities and democracy - Babylon's Burning

Video

The Editors

23/09/2019

According to Ben Van Duppen (Antwerp University, Belgium) we should rethink the concept of smart cities from a democratic and commons perspective.

Can ancestry tests become a threat to our privacy?

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

13/09/2019

10 minutes to read

With the increasing popularity of ancestry tests, having our DNA used by big corporations might pose a threat to our privacy. This article analyzes the possible impact of such data-driven businesses on our lives.

Dr. Linnet Taylor on data justice

Video

The Editors

13/03/2019

Would you like to live in a world with perfect discrimination? Probably not. That's why thinking and talking about data justice is important. Dr. Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University explains.