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Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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"Chilling effect" is a general term that seems about right, though isn't internet or censorship specific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect Another related term is "the panopticon", a prison designed so that you always felt like you were being watched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

And here is the report of their harmonious marriage:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1461444818801317

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

#12

I pasted your question verbatim into ChatGPT-4. " The concept you may be thinking of is the "chilling effect." It refers to the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to engage in certain behaviors, such as expressing themselves or accessing certain information, due to the fear of surveillance or other forms of monitoring. The term "chilling effect" is often used in the context of government surveillance or cen…

Well I'm actually looking for the website which was very visual and well designed to illustrate consequences of this concept...

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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post #7

"Chilling effect" is a general term that seems about right, though isn't internet or censorship specific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect Another related term is "the panopticon", a prison designed so that you always felt like you were being watched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

Might be chilling effect indeed, thank you. I'm trying to find that website which was very visual and well designed...

You didn’t ask that

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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post #8

Chilling effect? https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/chilling-effect-overv...

That could be it indeed, thank you. Now I'm trying to find that website which was very visual and well designed to illustrate consequences of chilling effect...

I feel like either Mozilla or the EFF published a website on this about ten years ago.

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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I pasted your question verbatim into ChatGPT-4. " The concept you may be thinking of is the "chilling effect." It refers to the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to engage in certain behaviors, such as expressing themselves or accessing certain information, due to the fear of surveillance or other forms of monitoring. The term "chilling effect" is often used in the context of government surveillance or cen…

Well I'm actually looking for the website which was very visual and well designed to illustrate consequences of this concept...

How ungrateful. That was not your original question.

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I'm actually looking for the website which was very visual and well designed to illustrate consequences of this concept...

How ungrateful. That was not your original question.

Feels like this getting close to the XY problem:

https://xyproblem.info/

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