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Digital Society
A series on digital ownership, data exhaust, identity, and the social consequences of invisible technology systems.
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Part 1
Data Exhaust and Digital Ownership
Who Owns Your Digital Waste By Dr Riaan Steenberg Every digital action leaves residue. Searches, clicks, unsubscribes, locations, abandoned forms, old profiles, device identifiers, and behavioural traces become part of a shadow economy of information. Waste Is the…
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Digital Traces Platforms Keep
The Hidden Ledger of Digital Waste By Dr Riaan Steenberg The modern internet keeps a ledger most people never see. It records not only what we buy and say, but what we nearly did, almost chose, briefly considered,…
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