Age of Surveillance Capitalism: “We Thought We Were Searching Google, But Google Was Searching Us”

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[Achrononmaster]

"If you having nothing to hide then you are nothing." Beautifully put. Thank you for that Shoshana. We are not mere collections of cells, we all have a unique individual non-physical soul, this is how people remember some of the better among us after we are gone.

[whatta]

Like when you have a phone conversation, or text a message. Next thing you know you get an advertisement, or link about what you said. It feels so creepy, don't you agree

[boeingdriver]

Shoshana has nailed it, will buy her book and as a side note, love her hair.

[martduenas]

So grateful she is using the term "lie" instead of "myth."

[noelmay]

Sharing this on facebook, despite the irony.

[renatoalcides]

"They know everything about us, we know almost nothing about tem."

[peterg]

Corporate Manifesto: Own this, Own that, Own you, Own hope, Own the future. BATTLE EVIL WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE, Take up a yellow vest May 1st!

[nancymesek]

I searched for a product months ago and the same product shows up in ads every day.

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I quit Facebook and all social media years ago. Life for me has improved substantially after the corporate hitmen and mysterious creeps have mostly disengaged from harassing me, my family, and my friends. United Slaves of America stock is sinking into an epic abyss and E.Snowden is a hero of humanity!

[mbgarrett]

Dr. Vandana Shiva touched base on this last week on Democracy Now. It also has to do with patents on our personal information, plus more.
In fact, 60 Minutes did a segment on this very same topic about 6 years ago. There was another brief snippet addressing this issue last month on CBS.

[cordellwynne]

shoshana zuboff is such a super-smart person! Her analysis is amazing and her articulation of it is mind-blowing. I think this is one of the best Democracy Now! stories Ive seen in a long time.

[wpyx]

This woman is awesome! I'd love to see more of her.

[simplethings]

The bad news is that even though we know this we still have no defense against it. It is like being tied to a stake and finding out someone is coming to kill you.

[nrgraff]

Amazing segment, thank you. She's a very compelling speaker, articulating very important theories

[tylerdavidson]

It's not paranoia if they're actually watching everything we do, say and feel- and then trying to influence us for their own profit.

[Hashbitnitwit]

Thank you for covering this, Ms. Zuboff. It seems like nobody cares enough in MSM to make an issue out of this. It needs to be a major crime.

[PeacocknRose]

We need to make money off of them making money off of us. If they are being paid millions a year for my personal data, I deserve a piece of that cut

[GreenOrchid]

New phrase "digital gangsters" = social outlaws = behavior modifications = the elephant in the room

[Nudnik]

I agree with you on this subject..
Putin even warned America about smart phone spying.

[johnkevill]

This woman is brilliant. Thank you professor Zuboff for putting in the work to explain the change in the modern world with such detail and clarity.