Privacy, Propaganda, and Digital ID: Why Our Delicate Values Must Be Deliberately Defended

Matthew Tiessen
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In this paper I explore privacy as a concept that becomes relevant and sometimes necessary under specific circumstances, but unnecessary in others. Privacy, I suggest, can be thought of as the right to be left alone and is integral to related concepts such as freedom, liberty, and independence. In light of the ongoing expansion of data-mining technologies, business models, and emerging modes of governance, I suggest that privacy is simultaneously more necessary and more at risk than ever. Privacy, in other words, is fragile and must be appreciated, understood, and defended. At the same time, privacy is increasingly an obstacle for businesses, governments, and financial interests, all of whom are eager to extract our data, manage our expectations, and shape and control our desires. To achieve their objectives, I describe how these organizations have long used propaganda and persuasive techniques to shape and manage the opinions, values, and expectations of the public. These days, I argue, the meaning of privacy is being made to evolve in order to bolster these organizations’ interconnected efforts to expand their power and control and to pave the way for the imposition of digital IDs. I also reflect on the way propaganda is being used today, the ways it has been described in the past, and the ways it will evolve in the future—either in defense of freedom, liberty, and independence, or in service of organizations intent on expanding their power and control over managed populations.
隐私、宣传和数字身份:为什么我们脆弱的价值观必须被刻意捍卫
在本文中,我将隐私作为一个概念进行探讨,它在特定情况下变得相关,有时是必要的,但在其他情况下则是不必要的。我认为,隐私可以被认为是一种不受打扰的权利,是自由、自由和独立等相关概念的组成部分。鉴于数据挖掘技术、商业模式和新兴治理模式的不断扩展,我认为隐私比以往任何时候都更有必要,也更有风险。换句话说,隐私是脆弱的,必须得到重视、理解和保护。与此同时,隐私越来越成为企业、政府和金融利益集团的障碍,他们都渴望提取我们的数据,管理我们的期望,塑造和控制我们的欲望。为了实现他们的目标,我描述了这些组织如何长期使用宣传和说服技术来塑造和管理公众的意见、价值观和期望。我认为,如今,隐私的含义正在演变,以支持这些组织相互关联的努力,以扩大他们的权力和控制,并为数字身份的强制实施铺平道路。我也反思了今天宣传的使用方式,过去对它的描述方式,以及它在未来的发展方式——要么是为了捍卫自由、自由和独立,要么是为了服务于那些意图扩大权力和控制被管理人群的组织。
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