L12 - Privacy and ethics

Question 1

What is big data?

Answer 1

It refers to extremely large and complex data sets, that are from various sources including social media, transaction records, sensor data, etc.

Question 2

Whats the difference between Big Brother and Big Other?

Answer 2

• Big brother was popularized by George Orwell in his hit book 1984, it contextualizes a goverment knowing all your intentions and actions.
• Big Other was popularized by Shosana Zuboff, it refers to the tech giants, tech companies and other privately owned orangisations seeing what we do, when we do it, how we do it.