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Danielle Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and opeds to reach readers where we are in our bathrooms and bedrooms with our families and our lovers in all the parts of our lives we assume are untouchable and shows us that privacy as we think we know it is largely already gone

The boundary that once protected our intimate lives from outside interests is an artefact of the 20th century In the 21st we have embraced a vast array of technology that enables constant access and surveillance of the most private aspects of our lives From nonconsensual pornography to online extortion to the sale of our data for profit we are vulnerable to abuse As Citron reveals wherever we live laws have failed miserably to keep up with corporate or individual violators letting our privacy wash out with the technological tide And the erosion of intimate privacy in particular Citron argues holds immense toxic power to transform our lives and our societies for the worse and already has

With vivid examples drawn from interviews with victims activists and lawmakers from around the world The Fight for Privacy reveals the threat we face and argues urgently and forcefully for a reassessment of privacy as a human right And as a legal scholar and expert Danielle Citron is the perfect person to show us the way to a happier better protected future

Danielle Keats Citron 2022 P Penguin Audio 2022