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When did we all start investigating each other?

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When did we all start investigating each other?

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Whether it is the Coldplay Kiss Cam or the screenshots of the meeting profiles, it seems that one of our private lives can be inadvertently becoming public for a minute now.

A video from Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam has become viral when a couple presented himself away from each other and hid his face. The Internet quickly identified the spectators and it turned the couple’s life. It makes you think … could that happen to me too?

Brittany speaks with Kate Wagner, architecture critic at The nationTo discuss what this viral moment says of our erodation of privacy in public and private life, and how we have internalized occasional surveillance. Do we all transport Coldyplay Kiss cams in the form of our phones?

Read Kate’s article in Lux magazine to find out why internet surveillance is killing eroticism here.

This episode was produced by Liam McBain. He was published by Neena Pathak. Our supervisor producer is Barton Girdwood. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our vice-president of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.

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