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robinberjon bigblackjacobin swodinsky Hmmm... I bet I know who this email was in response to! 100% agree, and I'll add that what you say there "All that consent does is that it offloads privacy labour to the user" is really key. To the extent that privacy is achievable it is a deep issue of economic inequality...
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robinberjon bigblackjacobin swodinsky Privacy labor is significant & t/f only available to the wealthy, especially because even the technically adept are trapped by systems which require their data in exchange for access and fair(er) pricing. User data collection is something that the non-wealthy are *victims* of...
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robinberjon bigblackjacobin swodinsky That's something swodinsky's article illustrates really well. Additionally in this vein look at profcarroll's work wired.com/story/one-mans-obsessive-fight-to-reclaim-his-cambridge-analytica-data/ And kashhill's: gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194
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robinberjon bigblackjacobin swodinsky Another really good resource on the arguments ad tech makes and how to argue with them is this great video and its extensive bibliography in the description: youtu.be/fCUTX1jurJ4
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robinberjon bigblackjacobin swodinsky Finally, while I can rarely rival robinberjon's comprehensive citations :) I try to maintain an archive of articles that are a good set of resources for understanding ad tech & its surveillance. It's always a month or so behind, but you can find it here: chronoto.pe/tag/ad-tech/