Privacy as Invisibility: Pervasive Surveillance and the Privatization of Peer-to-Peer Systems

This article addresses the ongoing, increasing privatization of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing systems – the emergence of systems that users may only join by personal, friend-to-friend invitation. It argues that, within P2P systems, privacy is increasingly coinciding with “mere” invisibility vis-...

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Main Author: Francesca Musiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2011-06-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/248
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