In a traditional business model, companies provide a product or service to their customers. However, in today’s digital marketplace, users of a company’s app, website, or game are not the true customers. While users are able to access these apps for free, companies can then sell those users data and attention to advertisers and other interested parties. But in a world now dominated by surveillance capitalism, is the use of user data exploitation, or just good business? Tech companies must increase transparency of how they plan to collect and use data, and developers should refuse to use manipulative or addictive methods in order to capitalize on users.
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The Blurred Line Between Corporate and Governmental Interests
9/8/2020 Amazon’s Ring home security company is no stranger to controversy. In 2018, it was revealed that footage, both from outside and inside customer’s homes,…
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6/29/2020 As the surge in calls for police reform around the country grows, local government boards in Los Angeles, Fort Wayne, and other major cities have taken…
View More Revisiting Body Cams: Holding Police More AccountableFacial Recognition in Schools Might Do More Harm than Good
2/24/2020 “Being spied on like dissidents is not part of the high school experience that any of us would want for our children,” urged Jim Schulz,…
View More Facial Recognition in Schools Might Do More Harm than GoodHiding in Plain Sight
4/26/2019 Profiled article Knight, Will. “How to Hide from the AI Surveillance State with a Color Printout.” MIT Technology Review, MIT Technology Review, 23 Apr.…
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