Finn Brunton
other · 2 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Finn Brunton is a media theorist and historian of technology whose work examines privacy tactics and digital resistance strategies. His co-authored book *Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest* provides a conceptual framework for understanding how individuals and groups obscure data and meaning as forms of both privacy protection and political protest, making it foundational for analyzing the hacker collectives (Lulzsec, Anonymous, etc.) and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns discussed in the course. His intervention positions obfuscation not as mere evasion but as a deliberate aesthetic and political practice central to understanding contemporary cybernetic conflicts between surveillance and resistance.
Mentioned in 2 readings
Appears alongside
People mentioned in the same passages — sorted by co-occurrence weight.