The Character of Consent
The History of Cookies and the Future of Technology Policy
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2024
Summary
The rich, untold origin story of the ubiquitous web cookie-what’s wrong with it, why it’s being retired, and how we can do better.
Consent pop-ups continually ask us to download cookies to our computers, but is this all-too-familiar form of privacy protection effective? No, Meg Leta Jones explains in The Character of Consent, rather than promote functionality, privacy, and decentralization, cookie technology has instead made the internet invasive, limited, and clunky. Good th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262547949 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262547945 |
| Author: | Meg Leta Jones |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Information Policy |
About The Author
Meg Leta Jones
Meg Leta Jones is Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology program at Georgetown University and the author of Ctrl+Z- The Right to Be Forgotten. She is also a core faculty member of the Science, Technology and International Affairs program in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, a faculty affiliate with the Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law Center, and a faculty fellow at the Georgetown Ethics Lab.
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