A way that we technologists can help people understand the ming-boggling degree to which Surveillance Capitalism™ [1] is running things is to use code to pull b

A way that we technologists can help people understand the ming-boggling degree to which Surveillance Capitalism™ [1] is running things is to use code to pull back the veil. Some are trying to help you to see what's really going on [2]. Also, I'm thinking of things like automated NLP on terms of use/service. Phone settings will not fix anything. The genie got out when Larry and Sergey, in the wake of the bubble burst, said "fuck it, we're an ad company". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism [2] https://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsi/projects/networking/haystack https://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsi/projects/networking/hayst...