When Selfies Become Surveillance Beacons

Author(s): Woodrow HartzogPublication Date: May 4, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingFew things repre­sent the age of social media better than posting a selfie. We share these ubiq­ui­tous self-portraits with such an urgency you’d think we’d cease to exist if we stopped producing them at a rapid and ongoing rate. Think about taking a trip to a gorgeous loca­tion. If you exer­cise “selfie-control” and don’t post a picture of your­self at a place like the beach, did the exquisite voyage really happen?