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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Agreeing with the terms and conditions of big centralized tech companies is | Agreeing with the terms and conditions of big centralized tech companies is binary, you are either in or out and we are not aware of what it takes to make us feel connected. | ||
Being online is a demand for being public, to create an audience and have a bigger reach. Small communities move to different platforms to fight surveillance and to test new alternatives to centralization | Being online is a demand for being public, to create an audience and have a bigger reach. Small communities move to different platforms to fight surveillance and to test new alternatives to centralization, but sill I have always debated on why do users that move from Twitter to Mastodon feel the need to make cross-platform posts. | ||
Being a big technology enthusiast, from free software projects to big releases I didn't usually think before trying, buying or consuming. From a growing interest in the Piet Zwart around digital culture, I became more aware and critical on the topic. | Being a big technology enthusiast, from free software projects to big releases I didn't usually think before trying, buying or consuming. From a growing interest in the Piet Zwart around digital culture, I became more aware and critical on the topic. | ||
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Digital surveillance is such an active part of our online interactions that questioning tends to be an impossible act within a contemporary society where we are more connected online than ever. While creating extensions for ourselves, from being a part of online communities to acquiring wearable gadgets, our digital footprint is expanding and becoming more detailed. | Digital surveillance is such an active part of our online interactions that questioning tends to be an impossible act within a contemporary society where we are more connected online than ever. While creating extensions for ourselves, from being a part of online communities to acquiring wearable gadgets, our digital footprint is expanding and becoming more detailed. | ||
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==The chain of power in surveillance== | ==The chain of power in surveillance== | ||
===Governments make it hard to question=== | ===Governments make it hard to question=== | ||
#"policy affecting our everyday life is moved further from our ability to influence, affect or even understand it. At the same time, the increased use of surveillance and monitoring technologies makes the individual more vulnerable to, and accountable to, these very organizations that are themselves becoming less accountable to the surveilled populace." (Mann, 2003) | |||
#"If it's illegal, send me to jail" (Moreira, 2019) the mayor of the city of Porto formally addresses the issue of CCTV with a very strong position to surveillance that can't even be questioned while being illegal. | |||
===Companies lack accountability=== | ===Companies lack accountability=== | ||
#If we want to question we are far from the root | |||
#We take the binary action of accepting | |||
==Increasing our digital footprint== | ==Increasing our digital footprint== | ||
===Need to be online=== | ===Need to be online=== | ||
#Supporting evidence | |||
#Supporting evidence | |||
===Creating digital self-extentions=== | ===Creating digital self-extentions=== | ||
#Supporting evidence | |||
#Supporting evidence | |||
==Normalization of surveillance== | ==Normalization of surveillance== | ||
===Being online is not in question, nor what it takes=== | ===Being online is not in question, nor what it takes=== | ||
#Supporting evidence | |||
#Supporting evidence | |||
===Devaluing privacy to make our daily routine simpler=== | ===Devaluing privacy to make our daily routine simpler=== | ||
#Supporting evidence | |||
#Supporting evidence | |||
=Conclusion= | =Conclusion= | ||
!main points of my paper and Restate my thesis in fresh words goes here!<br> | !main points of my paper and Restate my thesis in fresh words goes here!<br> | ||
!stong/memorable final statement goes here! | !stong/memorable final statement goes here! |
Latest revision as of 18:03, 29 September 2019
Introduction
Background
Agreeing with the terms and conditions of big centralized tech companies is binary, you are either in or out and we are not aware of what it takes to make us feel connected. Being online is a demand for being public, to create an audience and have a bigger reach. Small communities move to different platforms to fight surveillance and to test new alternatives to centralization, but sill I have always debated on why do users that move from Twitter to Mastodon feel the need to make cross-platform posts. Being a big technology enthusiast, from free software projects to big releases I didn't usually think before trying, buying or consuming. From a growing interest in the Piet Zwart around digital culture, I became more aware and critical on the topic.
Thesis Statement
Topic
Surveillance/ Identity control/ Self improvement
Focus
Normalization of digital surveillance
Argument
The Normalization of digital surveillance and the development of technology is changing how we control our online identity
Revise
Digital surveillance is such an active part of our online interactions that questioning tends to be an impossible act. While creating extensions for ourselves, from being a part of online communities to acquiring wearable gadgets, our digital footprint is expanding and becoming more detailed.
Scope
Digital surveillance is such an active part of our online interactions that questioning tends to be an impossible act within a contemporary society where we are more connected online than ever. While creating extensions for ourselves, from being a part of online communities to acquiring wearable gadgets, our digital footprint is expanding and becoming more detailed.
Body
The chain of power in surveillance
Governments make it hard to question
- "policy affecting our everyday life is moved further from our ability to influence, affect or even understand it. At the same time, the increased use of surveillance and monitoring technologies makes the individual more vulnerable to, and accountable to, these very organizations that are themselves becoming less accountable to the surveilled populace." (Mann, 2003)
- "If it's illegal, send me to jail" (Moreira, 2019) the mayor of the city of Porto formally addresses the issue of CCTV with a very strong position to surveillance that can't even be questioned while being illegal.
Companies lack accountability
- If we want to question we are far from the root
- We take the binary action of accepting
Increasing our digital footprint
Need to be online
- Supporting evidence
- Supporting evidence
Creating digital self-extentions
- Supporting evidence
- Supporting evidence
Normalization of surveillance
Being online is not in question, nor what it takes
- Supporting evidence
- Supporting evidence
Devaluing privacy to make our daily routine simpler
- Supporting evidence
- Supporting evidence
Conclusion
!main points of my paper and Restate my thesis in fresh words goes here!
!stong/memorable final statement goes here!