Helen Nissenbaum
philosopher · 2 mentions across 2 readings
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Helen Nissenbaum is a privacy theorist and computer scientist known for developing TrackMeNot (2006), a tool that generates decoy search queries to obscure genuine user behavior from tracking systems. Her work, particularly *Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest* (2016, co-authored with Finn Brunton), directly addresses how obfuscation—the deliberate addition of noise and false signals—functions as both a privacy protection strategy and a form of resistance against surveillance infrastructure. For this course, Nissenbaum's framework is essential for understanding how artists and technologists can weaponize obscurity and data pollution against the extractive logics of algorithmic systems.
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