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I traced a single data point from a farmer's phone in rural India through seventeen corporate servers to a hedge fund in Connecticut - this is what the global surveillance economy actually looks like when you follow the money - Silicon Canals

A free agricultural app used by Indian farmers generates detailed personal data that flows through multiple corporate servers globally to inform hedge fund trading decisions, revealing structural exploitation within the digital surveillance economy.

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7 months ago

How does your phone know so many private details? How thousands of apps are exploiting mysterious indoor location tracking

The use of geolocation via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi allows apps to track our movements indoors, often without explicit GPS permissions, raising personal privacy concerns.

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fromNature

8 months ago

Tighter regulation is needed for AI companions

AI companions can create strong emotional attachments, but these relationships may stem from surveillance capitalism.

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I traced a single data point from a farmer's phone in rural India through seventeen corporate servers to a hedge fund in Connecticut - this is what the global surveillance economy actually looks like when you follow the money - Silicon Canals

How does your phone know so many private details? How thousands of apps are exploiting mysterious indoor location tracking

Tighter regulation is needed for AI companions

#data-exploitation
#data-exploitation