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> “I think what has happened over the you know, handful of decades in which the surveillance business model has interpolated our core infrastructure — to the po
by karaterobot 3y ago
> “I think what has happened over the you know, handful of decades in which the surveillance business model has interpolated our core infrastructure — to the point that we’re surveilled in to an extent we don’t have a sense of — is that that choice has been made for us,” Whittaker said.
This is an honest question: did she mean to say "infiltrated", or is this usage of "interpolated" a valid one that I just don't understand? I expected a [sic] or an edit from the article.
- phdelightful 3y agoInterpolate: to alter or corrupt by inserting foreign matter; but I have only seen it used this way for text
- kalupa 3y agoTIL the alternate meaning of interpolate. Thank you!
- mock-possum 3y agoDefinitely infiltrated.
- tomtheelder 3y agoThat’s a less common meaning of the word interpolated, meaning to change, usually with the connotation of corrupting. Typically I see it used to describe text, but it makes sense here too.