*Fear of Data*

The author is Omri Ben-Shahar, and the subtitle is How Privacy Panic Led Tech Regulation Astray — and How to Fix It. I would describe this book as bracing, and full of substantive engagement. Basically the author wishes to give privacy considerations less weight in social decisions. Excerpt:

What is the concrete evidence for the benefits of facial recognition technology in investigation of human-trafficking crimes? I would love to have found global estimates of the magnitude — of the trafficking victims rescued through the most advanced facial recognition methods — but all I have is a collage of reports [reports are then described].

One chapter is entitled “The Futility of Personal Rights.” Agree or not, this book is full of actual arguments, so I approve.

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