MT @SophiaBengtsson: Data is the new oil that lubricates the economy—@vickyford at #SPNBrussels pic.twitter.com/RxFb580eBH
Selling humans.
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.@SophiaBengtsson You’d tagged it #ehealth — health data is rather personal, wouldn’t you say? +@vickyford
So, do you think mapping diseases to develop cures = selling humans? @aral
.@SophiaBengtsson Nope — I think taking people’s personal information without their explicit consent and selling it = selling humans.
@aral agreed, but neither i, nor @vickyford was suggesting that
@SophiaBengtsson “Data is the new oil” is a phrase that summarises how mainstream technology sees people as natural resources. +@vickyford
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