Do-it yourself privacy protection. Empowerment or burden?
summary
Do-it-yourself privacy tools exist for ~20 years but remain rarely used; the panel argues that PGP, Tor, Tails and browser plugins help end-to-end encryption, anonymity and obfuscation yet suffer serious usability, performance and trust gaps. Policymakers and businesses shift responsibility onto individuals, creating responsibilization and unequal, potentially elitist access. Legal fixes cited include EU Charter rights and the ECJ proportionality test, while practical barriers—device insecurity, fragmented redress, opt‑in collective actions and political pressure for backdoors—limit whether DIY actually empowers.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 6:01Tobias Matzner University Tübingen (DE)
- 17:42Shara Monteleone University Groningen (NL)
- 18:40Paul C. Johannes University Kassel (DE)
- 33:14Seda Gürses New York University (US)
- 43:27Kostas Rossoglou BEUC (BE)
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