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Big Tech needs to act on concerns over ‘surveillance capitalism’
- mancerayder 8y agoApologies for the paywall. This is a letter to the FT from John Chen, CEO of Blackberry. I can't post it in whole, but the gist is: The inevitable implications of a data-driven economy are right in front of us and we now stand before a moral, ethical and public policy crossroads. Recent events, where mass privacy breaches have occurred, have raised public awareness of the pitfalls of big data and the elevation of profit over privacy by some corporate actors. As a consequence, public authorities are demanding more comprehensive answers from Big Tech, and a healthy policy discussion has finally begun. and: The onus is on businesses to protect the data they manage, not exploit it. Every person should own their data. It should be yours, and yours only.