On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Gary T Marx <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Colleagues --Below are a couple of new surveillance/communication tools that open the home for entry and can potentially send out from it –whether what’s inside the house or in the backyard. The usual questions about data protection, ownership, security, hacking and borders apply. Contrasting the first two stories with the last offers a nice way to think about the meanings of being informed and consenting. The social analysts work is never done.

“no knock entries”

http://www.10news.com/newsy/amazon-wants-to-enter-your-home-when-youre-not-there

“vacuuming up the data”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/roomba-irobot-data-privacy.html?_r=0

“the skies the limit”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/opinion/police-surveillance.html

www.garymarx.net

 

 

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