{"id":134819,"date":"2020-12-01T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=134819"},"modified":"2020-12-01T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:46:11","slug":"sharon-weinberger-what-is-a-weapon-in-the-information-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=134819","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Weinberger: What is a weapon in the Information Age?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-ted wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sharon Weinberger: What is a weapon in the Information Age?\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/sharon_weinberger_what_is_a_weapon_in_the_information_age\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From microscopic &#8220;smart dust&#8221; tracking devices to DNA-tracing tech and advanced facial recognition software, journalist Sharon Weinberger leads a hair-raising tour through the global, unregulated bazaar of privatized mass surveillance. To reign in this growing, multibillion-dollar marketplace that often caters to customers with nefarious intents, Weinberger believes the first step is for governments to classify surveillance tools as dangerous and powerful weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From microscopic &#8220;smart dust&#8221; tracking devices to DNA-tracing tech and advanced facial recognition software, journalist Sharon Weinberger leads a hair-raising tour through the global, unregulated bazaar of privatized mass surveillance. To reign in this growing, multibillion-dollar marketplace that often caters to customers with nefarious intents, Weinberger believes the first step is for governments to classify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9186,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=9186","url_meta":{"origin":134819,"position":0},"title":"Web 3.0","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"11\/05\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo. 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