Privacy, Safety, and Autonomy

This chapter is devoted to challenges and potential threats of the rise of sensors and wearable technologies. The focus is put on the usage of wearable technology in the context of safety, privacy, and the general lack of control over data accessibility. One of the examples discussed is a popular activity tracker, Fitbit, that struggled with various data leaks. Another example discussed in the cybersecurity context are spambots, zombiebots and malicious bots. An attempt is made to delineate different types of problems related to the way these devices interact with their users, voluntary data sharing, and structural capacities of the said devices in terms of data exchanges.