Do we have a fundamental right to be forgotten on the Internet? Would the exercise of that right constitute censorship? How do these considerations intersect with our notions of privacy and security? This episode Kevin and I dive deep into these questions. A broad topic, complex rabbit trails, and more show notes than you can shake a Stingray at… it’s time for BF! Enjoy.

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Show Notes

• The Right to Be Forgotten | Wikipedia
• Your online freedom is worth fighting for, isn’t it? | The Guardian
• Don’t Force Google to ‘Forget’ | The New York Times
• We All Have the Right to Be Forgotten | Slate
• What is Public? | Anil Dash
• Legal status of Garbage Picking | Wikipedia
• “Little Brother” by Cory Doctorow | Amazon
• “Homeland” by Cory Doctorow | Amazon
• Can technology become a force for global equality, or is the future destined to remain unfair? | Boing Boing
• Quotes from Banksy | Wikiquote
• The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling | Ted Chiang
• Teen jailed for Facebook ‘joke’ is released | CNN Tech
• Streisand effect | Wikipedia
• “Cybersecurity as Realpolitik” Black Hat Keynote by Dan Geer | YouTube
• Seven on Seven 2014 Keynote by Kate Crawford | Vimeo
• The Big Data and Privacy Review | The White House
• Public-key cryptography | Wikipedia
• Mucilage | Wikipedia

Post-Show Song

“Secrets From The Future” by MC Frontalot

Afterwords

Big thanks to Figure8 Coffee Purveyors for hosting us for this show!

If you ever want to send me encrypted mail, just ask for my public key. Happy to share.