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Ubiquitous computing technologies will have a wide impact on our daily lives in the future. Currently, most debates about social implications of these technologies concentrate on different aspects of privacy and data security. However, the authors of this paper argue that there is more to consider from a social perspective: In particular, the question is raised how people can maintain control in environments that are supposed to be totally automated. Hinting at the possibility that people may be subdued to machines' autonomous actions we introduce the term ''Technology Paternalism''. We elaborate a working definition and illustrate the concept by looking at different examples based on current and future technology. We also dwell on the impacts of ubiquity and control of technology and suggest some approaches to assure a reasonable balance of interests such as a general ''right for the last word''.Re´sume´Les technologies dites de « l'informatique ubiquitaire pourrait avoir des re´percussions d'envergure sur la vie quotidienne. Á l'heure actuelle, la plupart des de´bats sur les conse´quences sociales de l'informatique ubiquitaire portent que sur les domaines de la protection de la vie prive´e et de la se´curite´des donne´es. Pourtant les auteurs de cet article sont d'avis que d'autres aspects de la perspective sociale doivent eˆtre e´galement pris en compte. La question qui se pose en particulier est celle de savoir comment les gens peuvent conserver le controˆle dans un environnement qui va eˆtre de plus en plus automatise´. En e´voquant la possibilite´que les individus puissent eˆtre controˆle´s par des machines agissant de fac¸on autonome, les auteurs introduisent la notion du paternalisme Poiesis

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