Some of you may remember that I originally started Leftovers to share pieces no one else wanted to publish (hence the name). Here’s a script I once wrote for an internship application: Quick, tell me: who has access to photographs of your face? Yourself, obviously. Anyone who’s ever taken a photo of you. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, even LinkedIn. Everyone who follows you (or your friends) on social media. Your phone gallery, so by extension, Apple or Google Photos. Any websites you’ve joined with your Google account. Your school’s ID card photos.
Dangerously true! Reminds me of the 'smartphone dystopia' (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia) and Jenny Odell's work on the attention economy. The politics of technology and resultant surveillance needs to be actively engaged with and resisted against. Indeed the answer depends on what we do with it today.