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Surveillance Economy all the way baby. Until this comes to be understood et large as a basic contributing doctrine of our basic value exchange system, this typ
by travisgriggs 3y ago
Surveillance Economy all the way baby.
Until this comes to be understood et large as a basic contributing doctrine of our basic value exchange system, this type of thing will continue to be more and more pervasive.
Given the multiple years we’ve been at it, I think a basic doctrine of privacy as a counterweight is too squishy to really settle in the public’s mind and countermand the negative effects of the surveillance at large.
A new counter doctrine will need to take place. I’m not sure what it would be.
- b112 3y agoIt's gotten to the point that I can't get mad at CEOs, companies: "So you're saying everyone does it, no one really complains, all our competitors do it, it's legal... and highly profitable?" I mean, of course they're doing it. I can just see a board meeting "LG even records you when you watch TV?!?", uh, OK I guess, let's do it.
- piyuv 3y agoIt's really like that nowadays. As I become more and more aware and learnt, I started reading privacy policies of products. All of them have blanket statements. They claim ownership of any and all data they'll access for functionality. So I stopped reading them. I implicitly agree that any product I use can and will use all the data I hand over to them. I only think if it's a beneficial trade for me. This has gotten to a point that we cannot let free markets resolve this, it requires government regulation and laws. I'm fortunate enough to live in EU.
- porkbeer 3y agoI can. Selling your customer is vile for any amount of money.
- blackpill0w 3y agoThe thing is, you don't even lose that customer (only a tiny minority care about privacy issues), it's literally free money.
- imchillyb 3y agoIf the data is being sold, the purchaser of that data is the customer. The ones providing data are being farmed. We call that something as well, when animals are being farmed for profit.
- moffkalast 3y agoWell time to send LG a GDPR request and watch them scramble.
- avidiax 3y agoSurveillance capitalism dovetails nicely with parallel construction [1]. The surveillance capitalists sell your data to the highest bidder, with the agreement that the source of the data is not revealed. Parallel construction allows the govt. to avoid judicial checks and therefore public scrutiny. So it's a self-reinforcing cycle where companies get govt. favors at least as money if not policy, and the companies override constitutional limitations of the state. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction