books review

Keith Laidler & Kieron O'Hara Human Rights

Edinburgh International Book Festival

How much should we care about an increased threat to our privacy? While Keith Laidler argued we are in danger of being abused by the availability and distribution of our biometric data and the media's subsequent poor reporting of such abuse, O'Hara seemed to celebrate the internet's growth - arguing it's not the collection of our information which poses a problem, but how it's used. We were left to contemplate two extremes: On one hand there is a euphoria surrounding the possibilities of the net and on the other, an overwhelming fear of being exposed and incriminated when we go online.

Peppers Theatre, 11 Aug, 12.30pm, £9.00 (£7.00), fpp n/a

published: Aug-2008

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