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He explicitly addresses #2: >We are not going to escape this crisis by putting ourselves in a cage. There is no opt-out anymore. You can draw the blinds, deadl
by mason240 12y ago
He explicitly addresses #2:
>We are not going to escape this crisis by putting ourselves in a cage. There is no opt-out anymore. You can draw the blinds, deadlock your door, smash your smartphone, and only carry cash, but you’ll still get caught up in their all-seeing algorithmic gaze. They’ve datafied your car, your city and even your snail mail. This is not a conspiracy, it’s the status quo, and we’ve been too busy displacing our anxiety into their tidy little containers to realize what’s going on.
- makeitsuckless 12y agoI think that is too fatalistic. You can opt-out of the massive data collection through voluntary oversharing, i.e. Facebook and such. What remains is limited (and localized) enough that it can be fought through democratic and political means. Regulation and legislation can limit what the main players (public transport, banks, municipal governments, postal service, ISP's) can do. This battle is still far from lost, at least outside the US. It's not a status quo, and many people, not just digital rights fringe groups, realize what's going on.