> Like so many things, this is definitely about class. "Surveillance" is only half of "surveillance capitalism" ;) I don't think traditional social class plays

> Like so many things, this is definitely about class. "Surveillance" is only half of "surveillance capitalism" ;) I don't think traditional social class plays much in that particular equation. It's a really small group of people that have the resources and access to use the surveillance data in oppressive ways. Government officials, 9+ figure-company CEOs, poor activitists are all targets. > The thing is it doesn't have to be this way. Agreed, I'm not as pessimistic as others but we have to either solve the funding issue for OSS work, or come up with some other means of establishing trust in proprietary devices and software.