Janet Vertesi

Janet Vertesi (she/hers) is associate professor of sociology at Princeton University, where she is well known for her 'opt out experiments' to evade tracking by data companies and embrace alternative tech systems, as well as for her in-depth studies of NASA's teams. An expert in the nexus between technology and society, she is a mobile Linux evangelist, teaches courses in critical technical practice and design, and sits on the advisory boards of the Data & Society Institute and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Ask her how to make sure the Internet doesn't know that you're pregnant.