Net Privacy : How We Can Be Free in an Age of Surveillance.

Cover -- Net Privacy -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: My privacy can set you free -- 1 I can see the present you, the past you and the future you -- 2 It's hard to opt out of a service you've never used -- 3 'Technology is neither good nor bad -- nor is it neutral' -- 4 Privacy is not all about control -- 5 My privacy is for your benefit -- 6 Why you cannot consent to selling your soul -- 7 How to regulate for dignity -- 8 Which way to cosmoikopolis? -- Conclusion: Free together -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In our digital world, we are confused by privacy - what is public, what is private? We are also challenged by it, the conditions of privacy so uncertain we become unsure about our rights to it. We may choose to share personal information, but often do so on the assumption that it won't be re-shared, sold, or passed on to other parties without our knowing. This important and lively book draws on a Kantian philosophy of ethics and legal frameworks to examine where we are and to suggest steps - conceptual and practical - to ensure the future is not dystopian.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.