Under Surveillance: Technology Practices of those Monitored by the State
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This paper documents the experiences of those living under state surveillance. We interviewed our participants about how they lived under threat, and how it changed their technology practices. Our participants spanned three groups - journalists who reported from countries where their activities were illegal; activists who took part in civil disobedience, and individuals who worked in illegal activities that would have likely led to prosecution. In our analysis we cover four themes: first, 'the imagined surveillant'. Second, the danger and dependencies of technology use, third, their coping strategies, and lastly how belonging to a group can protect but also expose. In our discussion we cover how we can design for dissidents, and how to deal with the difficult questions this raises. We conclude by advocating for research that takes into account a critical view of the state in HCI and more broadly for an anti-surveillance stance in the design of technologies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. |
Publication date | 21 Apr 2020 |
Article number | 3376889 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450367080 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Apr 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 - Honolulu, United States Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020 |
Conference
Conference | 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 |
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Land | United States |
By | Honolulu |
Periode | 25/04/2020 → 30/04/2020 |
Sponsor | ACM SIGCHI |
Series | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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Bibliographical note
Funding Information:
First and foremost, we thank our participants. We would also like to thank Kristina Höök and Donny McMillan for commenting on early versions of this manuscript. This work has been partly supported by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) within the project "Engineering the Interconnected Society: Information, Control, Interaction", Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research project RIT15-0046 and Swedish Research Council project 2017-04804.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 ACM.
- dissidents, state, surveillance
Research areas
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