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When your identity lives in someone else's servers

My entire identity is stored in cloud services and I realized today that if tech companies decided I did not exist I would have no photos, no writings, no proof of my life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital dependency means that personal history and identity become contingent on the goodwill and stability of corporate platforms.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and human identity — who are we with our tools??”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.