Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Navigating Creepy versus Cool in Wearable Biotech
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 20508293 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Elizabeth Wissinger (0000-0001-6873-5933, Sociology and Fashion Studies, City University of New York/BMCC/GC, New York, NY, USA, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2018 |
| Volumen | 21 |
| Número | 5 |
| Páginas | 779-785 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2018-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Information Communication & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1369-118X • E-ISSN: 1468-4462 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369118x.2018.1428657 |
| OpenAlex | W2789461936 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 6 |
| Referencias citadas | 13 |
This paper considers how personal data protections figure into the design process of wearable technology. The data question is becoming especially important in the face of recent innovations in biotechnology that capitalize on the new fungibility of biology and electronics, in which new biotech wearables capitalize on the ability to analyze and track changes in blood, sweat, and tears. Interviews and participant observation with wearable tech designers, data scientists, fashion tech entrepreneurs, and select experts in cybersecurity and intellectual property law, reveal a range of approaches to data protection in design within the culture where wearables are beginning to merge with biotech. While a few respondents were extremely vigilant about protecting consumer’s privacy, the majority felt that when consumers ‘opt in’ to data sharing, they should be cognizant of the risks. From their perspective, it is not necessarily the producer’s responsibility to protect user's personal data. These attitudes present a problematic logic, which leaves users vulnerable to data exploitation. The paper concludes by arguing that this laissez-faire culture is the environment in which wearable biotech is being developed and will be deployed. This emerging technology raises issues about bodies, data, and ownership in crucial need of analysis and critique to push its move into the mainstream toward more equitable and inclusive ends
Biology · Business · Computer security · Data Protection Act 1998 · Data sharing · Intellectual property · Internet privacy · Mainstream · Political science · Wearable computer · Wearable technology · Biomedical and Engineering Education · Computer Science · Law · Medicine · Biotechnology
| Obras citantes distintas | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 6 |