Disruptions of Networked Privacy (DIPCY)
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DIPCY: The project
The project investigates disruptions of privacy in the Internet of Things. The project aims to conceptually research on disruptions and disruptive changes both conceptually and empirically. The project focuses on privacy infringements involving third parties —infringements, we argue, that harbor a particularly high potential for disruption as they affect, disturb, or even destroy existing orders of privacy. Taking its cue from current privacy research, the project pursues a context-sensitive, relational, interdisciplinary, and methodologically plural approach. It combines sociological, communication, media and technology perspectives on privacy. Project partners interweave and complement subject-specific expertise by means of three studies, i.e., (1) an ethnographic situation analysis, (2) a semi-automatic content analysis and (3) the development and evaluation of prototypes.
Principal Investigators

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NameSusann Wagenknecht
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TUD Dresden University of Technology
Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Soziologie
01062 Dresden
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Post-Doc
NameDr. Johanna E. Möller
Projektleitung
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Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft
Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft
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Prof. Dr. Sven Engesser
Chair of Communication - Science and Technology Communication
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- 10:30 - 12:00
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Acting Professor
NameDr.-Ing. Stefan Köpsell
Chair of Privacy and Security
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Employees
Research Associate
NameLukas Schmitz M.A.
TUDiSC-Project "Disruptions of Networked Privacy" (DIPCY)
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Mitarbeiter
NameMr M.Sc. Sebastian Rehms
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Publications
2025
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Domestic Discords: Frictions in Smart Speaker Valuation , 2025, In: Digital culture & society. 9, 2, p. 141-160Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2024
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„Da drück ich dann aufs Mikro, wenn’s hier mal um Dinge geht…“: Kreative Privatisierung. Der Umgang mit Privatheitsansprüchen in der Smart Speaker-Nutzung. , Oct 2024, Data Sharing – Datenkapitalismus by Default?. Friedewald, M., Roßnagel, A., Geminn, C., Karaboga, M. & Schindler, S. (eds.). Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 215-242Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Disruptionen/Störungen aus Sicht von IT-Security und Privacy , 7 Aug 2024, In: Insights into Disruption. 1, 1Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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A Model-oriented Reasoning Framework for Privacy Analysis of Complex Systems. , 2024Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Preprint
2023
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Situating machine learning: On the calibration of problems in practice , 25 Feb 2023, In: Distinktion : scandinavian journal of social theory. 24, 2, p. 315-337, 23 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Die produktive Kraft der Polarisierung und ihre Auswirkungen auf Kunst und Kultur , 2023, Konfliktuelle Kulturpolitik. Schad-Spindler, A., Landau-Donelly, F., Fridrik, S. & Marchardt, O. (eds.). Wiesbaden: SPRINGER VS/SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN, p. 113-135Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Heim TÜV 4.: Die Unterbringungssituation in Sachsens Aufnahmeeinrichtungen , 2023, Der Sächsische Ausländerbeauftragte Research output: Preprint/documentation/report > Project report (Final and progress reports)
2022
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From Sustainable Urban Transport to Responsible Urban Mobility: Function, Form, Fairness, Forever. , 2022, Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. Abraham, M. A. (ed.). London: Elsevier, Oxford [u.a.], p. 379-391Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Out of control?: Using interactive testing to understand user agency in news recommendation systems , 2022, Media and Power. Lawrence, R. G. & Napoli, P. M. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Transparency for Bystanders in IoT regarding audiovisual Recordings , 2022, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops). Pisa: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 649-654, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution