I’ve always been inclined to privacy as a core value. Not that I have “something to hide”, but I believed everyone has the right to have a safe own space, away from everyone’s eyes, just to be. With the increasing datafication of our lives, on what we do, what we like, even on what we are, there are fewer and fewer spaces free of becoming a source of data. Data that’s often exploited by big enterprises, governments and anyone who will pay for it. As we move further into the future, I believe it’s important to understand how our data is created, extracted and exploited, how we are tracked and what can be done about. An interesting book about the datafication of our existence is Data Grab, by Ulises Mejias and Nick Coudry.

This series will not look to create “privacy guides” or to promote actions, but rather understand and explore.