Overview
Science fiction author and futurist whose 1998 book 'The Transparent Society' argued for mutual surveillance (sousveillance) as a response to the privacy challenge. Agre engaged critically with Brin's arguments, finding them technologically naive about the asymmetries of power in surveillance systems.
The Agre-Brin exchange illustrates the difference between Agre's institutional analysis and more libertarian approaches to technology and privacy.