{"id":142,"date":"2020-12-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?p=142"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:21:22","slug":"how-your-digital-footprint-makes-you-the-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/2020\/12\/how-your-digital-footprint-makes-you-the-product\/","title":{"rendered":"How your digital footprint makes you the product"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guest:<\/strong> Bruce Schneier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have probably heard the saying: \u201cIf you are not paying for the product, you ARE the product\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Nowhere is this more acute than on the internet when our personal data is collected, analyzed and used to persuade us to buy products or ideas, many times without our explicit knowledge or permission.\u00a0\u00a0Our guest Bruce Schneier, a renowned security technologist, author and Berkman Klein Center fellow at Harvard has said: \u201cOn the internet data is power, to the extent the powerless have access to it, they gain in power, to the extent the already powerful have access to it, they further consolidate their power.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the consequences of this power grab for data? And what is at stake? Join us for this important conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by:<\/strong> Alexa Raad & Leslie Daigle<\/p>\n