As the authors say data does not flow to the lowest point like water it spreads out reaching unexpected places. They look at how even data collected for the best reasons can, and often does, get used in unintended ways. I appreciated that they don’t try to present solutions but do speak to how things can get better, slowly. Highly recommend if you are at all interested in data collection, privacy, or related topics.
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N A K finished reading The Secret Life of Data by Aram Sinnreich
N A K wants to read Dark Wire by Joseph Cox
Dark Wire by Joseph Cox
The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own tech start-up to …
N A K reviewed The Secret Life of Data by Aram Sinnreich
Good information well presented
5 stars
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The authors use the term Biometric Puppetry. I claim this as a name for an 80s hair metal tribute band
N A K wants to read Rinsed by Geoff White
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N A K finished reading Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Legends and Lattes, #0)
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Legends and Lattes, #0)
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't …
N A K started reading Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Legends and Lattes, #0)
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Legends and Lattes, #0)
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't …
N A K finished reading The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways …
N A K wants to read Windows Security Internals by James Forshaw
Windows Security Internals by James Forshaw
Windows Security Internals is a must-have for anyone needing to understand the Windows operating system’s low-level implementations, whether to discover …
N A K started reading The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a …
I try to reads this at least one a year. I love it.
N A K finished reading Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Witches Abroad is the twelfth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, originally published in 1991.