Perceptions and values of privacy have evolved over history, and not necessarily with the protection of those who need it most in mind.
It is time for a reclaiming of privacy that will empower women, trans and gender diverse people.
It is time for privacy to become a tool to smash patriarchy and so it’s time to ask ourselves what privacy will look like in a post-patriarchal world.
Privacy International: Reclaiming privacy: a feminist manifesto
You know that the telemetry surveillance in your operating system is getting out of hand when even the German government writes 63 pages about it.
The combination of privacy intrusive defaults and the use of dark patterns, nudge users of Facebook and Google, and to a lesser degree Windows 10, toward the least privacy friendly options to a degree that we consider unethical. We question whether this is in accordance with the principles of data protection by default and data protection by design, and if consent given under these circumstances can be said to be explicit, informed and freely given.
Creepy maar ook wel een beetje zielig
Thank you, Mr. Albrecht.
