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Ubiquitous Computing in the Cloud: User Empowerment vs. User Obsequity

Ubiquitous Computing in the Cloud: User Empowerment vs. User Obsequity

Primavera De Filippi
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466645660|ISBN10: 1466645660|EISBN13: 9781466645677
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4566-0.ch003
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De Filippi, Primavera. "Ubiquitous Computing in the Cloud: User Empowerment vs. User Obsequity." User Behavior in Ubiquitous Online Environments, edited by Jean-Eric Pelet and Panagiota Papadopoulou, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 44-63. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4566-0.ch003

APA

De Filippi, P. (2014). Ubiquitous Computing in the Cloud: User Empowerment vs. User Obsequity. In J. Pelet & P. Papadopoulou (Eds.), User Behavior in Ubiquitous Online Environments (pp. 44-63). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4566-0.ch003

Chicago

De Filippi, Primavera. "Ubiquitous Computing in the Cloud: User Empowerment vs. User Obsequity." In User Behavior in Ubiquitous Online Environments, edited by Jean-Eric Pelet and Panagiota Papadopoulou, 44-63. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4566-0.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the evolution of the Internet, shifting from a decentralized architecture designed around the end-to-end principle with powerful mainframe/personal computers at each end, to a more centralized network designed according to the mainframe model, with increasingly weaker user’s devices that no longer have the ability to run a server nor to process any consistent amount of data or information. The advantages of ubiquitous computing (allowing data to become available from anywhere and at any time regardless of the device) should thus be counterbalanced with the costs it entails (loss of users’ autonomy, concerns as regards privacy, and freedom of expression, etc.).

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