Mon, May 11
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Your Data Will Be Used Against You
In Your Data Will Be Used Against You, Ferguson warns us of how the rise of sensor-driven technology, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms. Andrew will be in conversation with Cristopher Moore, professor at SFI.
Date, Time & Location
May 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom.
Order Your Data Will Be Used Against You online from CW ($38.50, hardcover) or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
For consumers living in a digitally connected world, smart technologies have built an inescapable trap of digital self-surveillance. Smart cars, smart homes, smart watches, and smart medical devices track our most private activities and intimate patterns. While these devices allow users to receive personal insights by monitoring their every move, that data can be accessed by police and prosecutors looking to find incriminating clues. Digital technology exposes everyone, everywhere, all at once, and we have few laws to regulate it.
At the same time, that data will solve crimes, radically transforming how criminal cases are prosecuted. Ferguson explores how this proliferation of private data, in combination with public surveillance networks, promises new ways to solve previously unsolvable crimes, but also…