The document discusses privacy in the era of surveillance capitalism. It notes that privacy is no longer considered a social norm by the heads of major tech companies like Google and Facebook. However, humans still have a natural desire for privacy and things to hide due to human shame. The document explores how decentralization may help address privacy issues by making data censorship-resistant and self-sovereign through technologies like blockchain. However, it cautions that convenience remains the biggest obstacle to adopting more private and decentralized systems.

1. May you live in interesting times
Privacy in the era of the Surveillance Capitalism
Greg Osuri
Akash Network

2. 08/25/2018
my life came to a standstill

4. my identity

5. my identity

6. Internet: Unprecedented tool of liberation and democratization?

7. does privacy matter?

8. only bad people need
privacy

9. “If you’re doing something you
don’t want other people to
know, may be you shouldn’t be
doing it in the first place”
- Eric Schmidt, Frm. CEO of Google 1
1) Huffington Post “Google CEO On Privacy (VIDEO)” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/google-ceo-on-privacy-if_n_383105)

10. Privacy is no longer a “social norm”
- Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook 2
2) The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy)

11. we all have things to
hide

12. human shame is a very
powerful motivator

13. The Panopticon
Jermey Bentham
by
adopted by Michel Foucault to
control human behavior

15. is decentralization an
answer?

16. key promises of a decentralized
product
Censorship-resistant your stuff is safe and can’t be tampered with
Self-sovereign you own and control your assets, identity, and data
Open ecosystems everyone gets value from new contributions

17. convenience is the
biggest enemy to
principles

18. the unstoppable cloud

19. Evolution of Cloud
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 20201950
Mainframes
Client-Server
Public Cloud
Decentralized Cloud
Centralized
Distributed

20. “Those who does not move, do
not notice their chains”
- Rosa Luxemburg

21. @gregosuri @greg.osuri gregosuri.com@gosuri
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