Trustpassing. Volume 3: We All Feel Secure Until We Are Not

Abstract

Volume 3, We All Feel Secure Until We Are Not, builds on the analysis offered in Volume 2 about the ways risks and harms as insecurities are built into technological infrastructures. This zine explores the business model of insecurity that underpins the internet, while also highlighting the ‘differential vulnerabilities’ participants face. Some of these include reflections on the City of Hamilton ransomware attack and the prioritization of technological development over core forms of social security such as housing, income, food access, mental health supports, and childcare.

Trustpassing is a series of four zines that share collective stories from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, about how digital vulnerabilities intersect with material forms of security and safety, including but not limited to emergency housing, sex workers’ rights, job security, policing and law enforcement, and access to safe spaces. The zines stem from a community-centred project in partnership with the Sex Workers' Action Program (SWAP) Hamilton.