BetterHelp, Talkspace & Cerebral have been fined for sharing sensitive mental‑health data with advertisers. This needs way more attention then it's getting! #PrivacyMatters #DataBreach #MentalHealthAwareness #TechAccountability #SurveillanceEconomy #ProtectYourData

Call it what you want, but when a handful of companies shape behavior at scale, that’s power worth questioning. We need more reporting like this, reporting that doesn’t just describe it, but prompts action.
#DataPrivacy #Privacy #FTC #Oligarchs #broligarchs #SurveillanceEconomy #LoyaltyPrograms

.. with good reason.
In Australia, #Coles grocery chain have contracted Palantir to enhance their business..
#SurveillanceEconomy on steroids
If you’re in Australia, consider boycotting #Coles. There are other options

A familiar and concerning pattern of the #surveillanceeconomy that we explored in the #digipower study too.

Meta Overshadows Microsoft by Showing AI Payoff in Ad Business The Facebook parent’s results highlight the advantages of its simpler, ad-focused business model.

“Apparently, using artificial intelligence to get people to click on more ads is somewhat easier than persuading office workers to turn their spreadsheets and PowerPoints over to chatbots.”

Apparently, we’re the architects of our misery

#Meta #AI #SurveillanceEconomy

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

Pricing Isn’t Dynamic. It’s Personal.

#AlgorithmicPricing #SurveillanceEconomy #TechEthics #PlatformDesign

FTC Bars GM From Selling Driver Location Data
Read More: buff.ly/89DJw7A

#DataPrivacy #LocationData #ConnectedCars #OnStar #FTC #PrivacyRegulation #ConsumerProtection #SurveillanceEconomy #AutoSecurity #DataBroker

The Polite Spy in Your Pocket How Your Smartphone Became the Most Successful Surveillance Operation Ever Conducted

The Polite Spy in Your Pocket
open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#DigitalPrivacy #SurveillanceEconomy #YourPhoneIsWatching #BehavioralData #DataPrivacy #PersonalFreedom #ModernLife #FutureTech #WakeUpAndUnplug

@wired.com / WIRED: "Has The U.S. Become A Surveillance State? | Incognito Mode | WIRED" / #Panopticon #Privacy #HostileToPrivacy #Censorship #SelfCensorship #DOGE #SurveillanceCapitalism #SurveillanceEconomy #PrivateSector #ClassSystem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW22...

Original post on mastodon.social

You never *really* own smart devices.

This is an excellent example of how the #SurveillanceEconomy works with #IoT #smartdevices

The manufacturer has built in the sale of customer data to their business model. So if you block the transmission of that data back to them then they brick your […]

Keep staring at the #shocks, #horrors & the #ClienCar if #Incimpetence

But nobody is talking about 18 intelligence agencies, #BRICS, or the #SurveillanceEconomy ##TechnocratBtos that declared war the
✅ #Democracy
✅ #HumanRights
✅ #RuleOfLaw

#Project2025 is a #GLOBAL #strategy

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI releases web browser to rival Google ChatGPT Atlas was unveiled as the company seeks new ways to corral users to its online offerings.

There can only be one reason they are doing this IMHO - to spy on you and collect more data for insight gathering, profiling and targeting. #surveillanceeconomy

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What the headline “high-tech machine” means here, is that the bus now has an iPad and surveillance cameras installed. Why are so many tech ”innovations” just invasions of privacy and personal space?

#surveillanceeconomy #invasionofprivacy #wasteofmoney

#Graphite
#Stingray
#Surveillance
#SurveillanceEconomy

Quietly, Flock Safety covers America in cameras — selling you as data.

#SurveillanceEconomy #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast

Signal Foundation President Meredith Whittaker speaking at Publix in Berlin on Sep 25, 2025. Youtube screeenshot.

The roots of the #SurveillanceEconomy lie in Clinton policy decisions in the 90s, @signal.org President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social tells audience at NGO Publix in #Berlin.

“You not only had permission to surveil… you had an incentive” b/c of #advertising.

#video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BV...

Original post on mastodon.social

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456
I started this petition six months ago to try to raise awareness of the core of the Internet's problem: the #SurveillanceEconomy

It was really useful to get conversations going but, as you can see, it has failed to get serious traction.

Hopefully […]

Ruled by Numbers: How Data Dominates Every Facet of Our Daily Lives A piercing sound awakens you: the alarm on your phone. Through squinted eyes you peer in its direction and discern a blinking 7:00 AM. This number denotes the beginning of your day—a day in which y…

Compelling post about data and our everyday lives: Ruled by Numbers: How Data Dominates Every Facet of Our Daily Lives buff.ly/klyReEa #LifeByTheNumbers #Numerification #ReducedToData #AlgorithmicExistence #SurveillanceEconomy #ReclaimHumanity #DigitalLife

SnowyCA :vivaldi_red: (@SnowyCA@vivaldi.net) 😑 After an online conversation about the UK ID law and the Mississippi/ Bluesky block, I shared this; maybe you might find it helpful when trying to encourage folk to protect their privacy. "“I Have Nothing to Hide”- The Dumbest Lie We Keep Repeating #Privacy #Internet #Digital #Fascism #Security https://www.hownottoloseyourmind.com/post/the-nothing-to-hide-lie

"It is not fine!

It’s exactly how systems of control grow. Not through force. But through comfort.

They don’t need to steal your privacy. They just wait for you to trade it in for dopamine."

#surveillancecapitalism #surveillanceeconomy https://social.vivaldi.net/@SnowyCA/115078170305441094

Everyday Privacy—What You’re Giving Away Without Realizing It
youtu.be/fAzFVBDuF9U #cybersecurity #DigitalPrivacy #DataSecurity #PrivacyMatters #SmartDeviceRisks
#VoiceAssistantPrivacy #LocationTracking #SurveillanceEconomy #AIandPrivacy#EverydaySurveillance #Chatbots

The Surveillance Economy in Your Pocket: Phones, Data, and the Death of Anonymity The Silent Stalker: How Your Phone Tracks, Records, and Sells You

The Surveillance Economy in Your Pocket: Phones, Data, and the Death of Anonymity open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#DigitalPrivacy #SurveillanceEconomy #YourPhoneIsWatching #BehavioralData #DataPrivacy #PersonalFreedom #ModernLife #FutureTech #WakeUpAndUnplug

The Surveillance Economy in Your Pocket: Phones, Data, and the Death of Anonymity The Silent Stalker: How Your Phone Tracks, Records, and Sells You

The Surveillance Economy in Your Pocket: Phones, Data, and the Death of Anonymity open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#DigitalPrivacy #SurveillanceEconomy #YourPhoneIsWatching #BehavioralData #DataPrivacy #PersonalFreedom #ModernLife #FutureTech #WakeUpAndUnplug

Your Home Entertainment System Is Smarter Than You Think ...And That’s the Problem "Your Home Entertainment System Is Smarter Than You Think (And That’s the Problem)

open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#CyberSecurity #ConsumerTech #Privacy #DigitalTrust #HomeTechnology #Streaming #HumanRisk #SmartDevices #BehavioralData #IoT #SurveillanceEconomy

Your Home Entertainment System Is Smarter Than You Think ...And That’s the Problem "Your Home Entertainment System Is Smarter Than You Think (And That’s the Problem)

Your Home Entertainment System Is Smarter Than You Think ...And That’s the Problem open.substack.com/pub/bradleys...
#CyberSecurity #ConsumerTech #Privacy #DigitalTrust #HomeTechnology #Streaming #HumanRisk #SmartDevices #BehavioralData #IoT #SurveillanceEconomy

Behavioral Futures and the Attention Economy Explore how tech giants monetize behavior through data, prediction, and attention economies in a world driven by surveillance capitalism.

They don’t just sell your data.

They sell what you’re about to do next.

And they’re usually right.

#Brewminate #BehavioralFutures #SurveillanceEconomy #DigitalManipulation

Exclusive: OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 (Reuters) - OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Every AI company (and their dog) is launching a browser now. Feels less like innovation, more like another grab for our data.
#AI #OpenAI #Privacy #SurveillanceEconomy

Done with Windows? Microsoft is ending security updates for Windows 10 in October 2025, meaning it will soon be no longer safe to use. Windows 11 requires brand new hardware to run.. Instead of buying a new computer, you can switch to Linux. See endof10.org for full details.

#DumpMicrosoft
#Technofeudalism
#SurveillanceEconomy

Vivaldi, Ecosia, Proton mail.
All European. Working well for me.

Excellent site for beating Big Tech. Spread the word:
rebeltechalliance.org

Remember, 'free' is never free. They're getting something valuable from you.
#SurveillanceEconomy

Your online emotions—your laughs, your rages, your tears—are relentlessly logged, analyzed, and monetized. Big Tech trades in your feelings, and the cost is nothing less than your digital autonomy.
#SurveillanceEconomy #EmotionalData #StormyCloudOrg

Your flashlight app knows more than it should.
Permissions: ✔️ Contacts ✔️ Location ✔️ Storage
All for light? Or for data mining?
#DataMining #AppPermissions #DigitalPrivacy #YouAreTheProduct #PrivacyWarning
#TechAwareness #SurveillanceEconomy #StormyCloudOrg #CyberSecurity