Janet Vertesi

Janet Vertesi is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, where she is a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy.

Recent Articles

The Problem With Police Body Cameras

In court, video evidence never speaks for itself

By Janet Vertesi

What Sci-Fi Got Wrong About the Apple Watch: Vanity

What we buy tells others who we are

By Janet Vertesi

Stop Counting on Individuals To Solve California's Water Crisis

"Even if 50,000 people shorten their showers, this is a drop in the proverbial bucket"

By Janet Vertesi

Celebrity Nude Photo Hack Exposes Flaw In How We Think About Privacy and the Cloud

We assume our data stored in the cloud is personal, but in reality it is interpersonal

By Janet Vertesi

The Real Reason You Should Be Worried About That Facebook Experiment

The private sector and tech companies are increasingly funding what was once independent social science research.

By Janet Vertesi

My Experiment Opting Out of Big Data Made Me Look Like a Criminal

Here's what happened when I tried to hide my pregnancy from the Internet and marketing companies

By Janet Vertesi
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