Luxury surveillance devices, like the amazon halo or the uro ring, are meant to kind of blend in. But i think they often serve many of the same functions. A lot of folks think that they'll always beon the right end of the camera. I don't think that's the case. Again, there're a variety of ways that companies and institutions will leverage data that they have on people do and will continue to do.
Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the ethics of tech media recommending surveillance devices, aspects of “smart” technologies you might not have considered, and why we should think twice about surrounding ourselves with cameras and microphones.
Chris Gilliard is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center. Follow Chris on Twitter at @hypervisible.
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