Obfuscation. Tactics of resistance against surveillance capitalism

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/tekn.80980
Keywords: datafication, digital surveillance, expressive technologies, hacking, privacy

Abstract

Although massive surveillance is not exclusive to the Internet, the current volume of data collection and preservation by government agencies and corporations confronts us with noxious consequences on different levels. In an information context where the digital abstinence is not a valid option for most people, since data collection is an inherent condition for many essential social activities, we present a theoretical review of a critical re-sistance tactic to this daily digital surveillance regime: the obfuscation.

Author Biography

Fátima Solera Navarro, University of Malaga

Researcher on free culture and privacy and cultural manager. She graduated in Advertising and Public Relations from the UMA and is currently preparing her doctorate in the "Education and Social Communication" program at the University of Malaga. She has collaborated in the “Procomún Translations” project coordinated by Florencio Cabello (UMA) and framed within the Working Groups of the Procomún Laboratory of the Medialab-Prado art and technology center (Madrid). She has curated the exhibitions "Binary Instinct" (2012), "Diamonds in the Rough IV" (2013) and "Mirrors that Reflect Shadows" (2014) framed within the Malaga Festival and Miradas de Mujeres Festival 2014.

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Published
2023-01-12
How to Cite
Solera Navarro, F. (2023). Obfuscation. Tactics of resistance against surveillance capitalism. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 20(1), 125-131. https://doi.org/10.5209/tekn.80980
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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2023): Democratic deliberation on the Net: From digital dialogue to digital noise
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Dis/Regarding...

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