surveillance capitalism en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by Shoshana Zuboff.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An economic system based on the commodification of individuals' personal data for profit.
If you think that not posting these two photos does anything to surveillance capitalism or the platforms that succeed through it, that’s just not right.
2019 January 16, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Go Ahead, Post the Stupid Photo of Yourself From 10 Years Ago”, in The Atlantic:That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.
2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic: