“Their refusal to use curtains
only fans my yearning.”
only fans my yearning.”
Curtains are simple yet effective devices to control privacy in a physical space. We lack a corresponding mechanism online.
Calls for transparency around what is tracked online and how it’s used have pushed companies to publish detailed privacy policies. However, these mechanisms of disclosure remain impenetrable. We often give up and click “I accept” without learning the intended use of our data. And this is taken as consent.