by Gry Hasselbalch and Pernille Tranberg, first published in TechCrunch 25th December 2016 Our lives are lived in data. Data crossing borders and connected in virtual space. Most often, it appears, we live in open and too easily accessible data networks. States and corporations are watching us through data, and we are watching each other…
Tag: transparency
Don’t get offended, get used to it: Wikileaks and the breaking down of authority in the network society
“…the more that is found out about what authorities do and know, the less they appear to deserve to be all-powerful authorities… high status is protected through special and exclusive access to information… heads of states who lose their control over information sometimes lose their heads as well” Meyrowitz, 1985, No Sense of Place –The Impact…