Post-Society: Data Capture and Erasure One Click at a Time

Abstract

“Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels
like to be God!”
                                          Frankenstein (1931)

They must have felt like gods at the NSA when they discovered that they were able to spy on anyone. What feels ridiculous to someone that works with digital media is the level of ignorance that people continue to have about how much everyone else knows or can know about ”˜you.’