AUTONOMY

We demand a world in which technology is created to protect and empower those who are impacted by it. Our technology must respect the rights and freedoms of those users. We need to take control for the purpose of collectively building a better world in which technology works in service to the good of human kind, protecting our rights and digital autonomy as individuals... We have become more reliant than ever on the technology that we intertwine into every aspect of our lives. Technology is currently made not for us, those using it. Rather, it is for those who intend to monetize its use and own the associated intellectual property. Services are run via networked software on computers we never directly interact with. Our devices are designed to only function while broadcasting our intimate information regardless of whether the transmission of that information is necessary functionality. We generate data that we do not have access to, that is bought, sold, and traded between..