Net privacy : how we can be free in an age of surveillance / Sacha Molitorisz.

"Published simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand by NewSouth Publishing."

Includes bibliographies and 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. In the eighteenth century, philosopher Jeremy Bentham wrote about a new model for a prison called a Panopticon, where inmates surrounded the jailers, always under watch. Have we built ourselves a digital Panopticon? Are we the guards or the prisoners, captive or free? Can we be both? When Kim Kardashian makes the minutiae of her life available online, which is she? With great rigour, this important 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. Privacy is one of the defining issues of our time; this lively book explains why this is so, and the ways in which we might protect it."--

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? -- 7 Conclusion: Free together.

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