Abstract

Could we be unwittingly divesting too much control in technology? In so doing, could we be sleepwalking into a future in which our personal assets are no longer ours, but all too easily relinquished by the bank or mortgage company? Molly Wright Steenson, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison, thinks so. She evokes an arresting vision of a close future in which our smartphones and the operating systems integrated within our cars and homes become our friend‐enemy, immediately locking us out when they are no longer programmed to respond directly to our touch.

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