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Privacy and surveillance in digital life

Privacy is not primarily about secrets — it is about the conditions necessary for a self to exist and develop without being observed into performance. Surveillance changes behavior not only when it is detected but when it is merely possible. The examined life and the watched life are different things.

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Digital Minimalism as Wu WeiNaming and Capture in Digital SystemsSurveillance as Information ImbalanceTechnology as Extension of Natural FlowTemporal Flows and Data RetentionThe Surveillance Mirror EffectThe Void Space in Privacy PracticeWu Wei in Digital Privacy