ETHPrague 2026

ETHPrague 2026

Unwitting participation: intimate engagement, structural tyrannies and architectures of freedom
2026-05-08 –, Grégr Stage

There is a haunting awareness that our online behaviours affect not just ourselves but others elsewhere: behavioural data feeds markets that set probabilities determining profiles, norms and targets — for ad targeting, content feeds, or drone strikes. Core societal functions are shaped through this unwitting participation. But what if your digital traces were cover, not a target?

Jaya Klara Brekke works on power and the political economies of technology in theory and practice. She is part of the leadership at Nym, building privacy software for the age of AI.