Mostly a false dichotomy, considers the impact of technology on privacy, why it matters, and what you can do about it.

1. Privacy vs. Capitalism
Apple and Your Personal Technology
Adrian Gropper, MD
CTO, Patient Privacy Rights
March 31, 2016

3. information

4. 1. Privacy
2. Surveillance Capital
3. Intellectual Property
4. Personal Information Technology
5. Post-Capitalism and Reputation

5. Privacy

6. Democracy
Associations
Whistleblower
Discrimination
Open Future

7. Capitalism

8. Resource Allocation
Finance
Tangible Property
Intellectual Property
Autonomy
Regulation

9. 1. Privacy Policies

10. Personal Data
Identity
Aggregation
Persistence
Enforcement

12. “Apple
will not see
your data.”
“Organize
the world’s
information”

13. 2. Surveillance Capital

14. Personal Data
Behavioral Surplus
Discrimination
Startup Funding
Silicon Valley

15. 3. Intellectual Property

16. Medicine
AI
Medical Records
Algorithms
(Free) Software

17. A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential
freedoms:
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your
computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
precondition for this.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom
3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from
your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

18. 4. Personal Information
Technology

20. http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/life-as-a-bionic-woman
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/smart-neural-stimulators-listen-to-the-body

21. Web Browser
Email
Messaging
Linux on Laptop
(Free) Software

22. Bitcoin
Blockchain / Ethereum
Internet of Things

24. 5. Post-Capitalism and
Reputation

27. 1. Privacy
2. Surveillance Capital
3. Intellectual Property
4. Personal Information Technology
5. Post-Capitalism and Reputation

28. References:
Economics Perspective
The Economics of Privacy - Alessandro Acquisti, Curtis Taylor, Liad Wagman (2016)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2580411
Business Perspective
The Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff (2016)
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/the-digital-debate/shoshana-zuboff-secrets-of-surveillance-
capitalism-14103616-p2.html
Historical Perspective
The end of capitalism has begun - Paul Mason (2015)
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/17/postcapitalism-end-of-capitalism-begun
Legal Perspective
Ajunwa, Ifeoma and Crawford, Kate and Schultz, Jason, Limitless Worker Surveillance (March 10, 2016). California
Law Review, Vol. 105, No. 3, 2017, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2746211
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