Looks like it's a hot issue, Networked_Performace just posted about
another book:

---------  Autonomy and Control in the Era of Post-Privacy  ---------------

Researcher Felix Stalder analyses the loss of the key role of the
concept of privacy. Privacy long secured the balance between the
control of institutions and the autonomy of the citizen. Today, with
institutions aiming more and more to provide customized services and
the autonomy of both citizens and institutions changing, this role is
disappearing, making the danger of an increase in control and power a
realistic one. To turn the tide, Stalder argues for a greater
transparency of the back-end protocols, algorithms and procedures of
the new, flexible bureaucracies.

Read More on Networked_Performance:
http://turbulence.org/blog/2010/07/01/autonomy-and-control-in-the-era-of-post-privacy/

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Olga P Massanet
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