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> The risks and harms of 3rd party tech platforms in academia
> ... sometimes tech companies fail on a major scale that could endanger entire projects ...
https://www.bgcarlisle.com/blog/2018/06/11/risks-and-harms-of-tech-in-academia/
> Ruben Cordova used his social media profile as an archive of his research, but his photos of the Met Breuer’s Like Life exhibition triggered Facebook’s censors, who then permanently disabled his profile
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@bgcarlisle This is why I am a firm believer in the holy word of Triple Redundancy.
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@danielscardoso Haha redundancy is good for preventing yourself from data loss, but sometimes you can, say, violate research subject consent or exclude minorities just by using 3rd party tech platforms :(
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@bgcarlisle ah, so true indeed. And sometimes it isn't even ill intent or disregard for those things, but some degree of technological illiteracy from the researchers' part. When I'm talking about doing interviews, and mention the need to then put the original audios on encrypted file containers, I'm looked at as if I was speaking in tongues. :/
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@bgcarlisle I have a colleague who wanted to watch a video of workshop directly related to her work. Except that it was only recorded as an FB video and the source institution is unwilling to put it elsewhere (or possibly doesn't know how.)