'Privacy is dead, just get over it'. Should we, and what are the big picture implications?

Thursday, 11 May 2017 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm

Bet you didn't know May 8-12, 2017 was Privacy Awareness Week (PAW).

Research fellow in the Department of Computing and Information Systems at Melbourne University, Suelette Dreyfus, talks about digital media, surveillance, citizenship, and whether Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is right when he says 'privacy is dead', and we should 'just get over it'.

For more disturbing news, check out the ABC Four Corners program 'Cracking the Code'.

Domestic use of digital media, mobile devices and games includes the surprisingly widespread adoption of what are called pet wearables. Ingrid Richardson, digital culture researcher from Murdoch University, offers another perspective on surveillance and privacy.