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Privacy is Power - Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (Paperback)
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Privacy is Power - Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (Paperback)
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An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR As the data economy grows in
power, Carissa Veliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech
and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it. The
moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away your
data. Before you've even switched off your alarm, a whole host of
organisations have been alerted to when you woke up, where you
slept, and with whom. As you check the weather, scroll through your
'suggested friends' on Facebook, you continually compromise your
privacy. Without your permission, or even your awareness, tech
companies are harvesting your information, your location, your
likes, your habits, and sharing it amongst themselves. They're not
just selling your data. They're selling the power to influence you.
Even when you've explicitly asked them not to. And it's not just
you. It's all your contacts too. Digital technology is stealing our
personal data and with it our power to make free choices. To
reclaim that power and democracy, we must protect our privacy. What
can we do? So much is at stake. Our phones, our TVs, even our
washing machines are spies in our own homes. We need new
regulation. We need to pressure policy-makers for red lines on the
data economy. And we need to stop sharing and to adopt
privacy-friendly alternatives to Google, Facebook and other online
platforms. Short, terrifying, practical: Privacy is Power
highlights the implications of our laid-back attitude to data and
sets out how we can take back control. If you liked The Age of
Surveillance Capitalism, you'll love Privacy is Power because it
provides a philosophical perspective on the politics of privacy,
and it offers a very practical outlook, both for policymakers and
ordinary citizens.
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