This week's net.wars, "A surveillance state of mind", tries to answer a friend's question - are computers fundamentally anti-democratic?: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/12/22/a-surveillance-state-of-mind/ #NetWars #surveillance #privacy #democracy #malveillance
net.wars · A surveillance state of mind - net.wars”Do computers automatically favor authoritarianism?” a friend asked recently. Or, are they fundamentally anti-democratic? Certainly, at the beginning, many thought that both the Internet and personal computers (think, for example, of Apple’s famed Super Bowl ad, “1984”) – would favor democratic ideals by embedding values such as openness, transparency, and collaborative policy-making in their design. … Continue reading "A surveillance state of mind"
Jean-Noël Barrot, le ministre délégué chargé du numérique, avait promis son expérimentation pour la Coupe du monde de rugby. Finalement, ce dispositif de protection des consommateurs sur le web ne verra pas le jour avant les JO 2024.
