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How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
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How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful


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The Internet age – combined with a surge in income inequality – is eroding citizens’ right to privacy. New York Times fellow Amanda Hess outlines how powerful institutions are threatening the hard-won modern conception of privacy as an individual right. Increasingly, privacy is becoming a luxury item that only the rich and powerful can afford. getAbstract recommends this sobering essay to everyone interested in protecting their online details.

Take-Aways

  • The idea of privacy as a human right is a modern notion that has evolved over time.
  • This modern conception emerged at the same time as new information technologies that threaten to erode it.
  • Big data mines mundane online activities such as Google searches and Facebook likes to surmise intimate, private details about users – often without their knowledge.

About the Author

Amanda Hess is a David Carr fellow for The New York Times.


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