Apps are not the same as cigarettes, this is true. Cigarettes do not track you and compile intimate details about every aspect of your life. They don’t then use that insight to profile you, manipulate your behaviour, filter your reality, & make decisions that affect your life.https://twitter.com/nireyal/status/969219281983549440 …
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2nd, re: “if there’s substantial harm done”: a. What sort of dimwitted society waits until substantial harm is done before acting? b. If annihilation of public space online, corruption of democratic elections, surveillance as norm don’t constitute “substantial harm” what does?https://twitter.com/aral/status/969257539845152771 …
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Aral Balkan @aralApps are not the same as cigarettes, this is true. Cigarettes do not track you and compile intimate details about every aspect of your life. They don’t then use that insight to profile you, manipulate your behaviour, filter your reality, & make decisions that affect your life. https://twitter.com/nireyal/status/969219281983549440 …Show this thread1 reply 6 retweets 13 likesShow this thread -
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And finally, here’s how Silicon Valley surveillance capitalism and the tobacco industry are alike: 1. Their products are both harmful to your health 2. They were both initially introduced as being good for you (see doctors in tobacco ads, we have our own in the tech industry)…https://twitter.com/aral/status/969260080041484288 …
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Aral Balkan @aral2nd, re: “if there’s substantial harm done”: a. What sort of dimwitted society waits until substantial harm is done before acting? b. If annihilation of public space online, corruption of democratic elections, surveillance as norm don’t constitute “substantial harm” what does? https://twitter.com/aral/status/969257539845152771 …Show this thread2 replies 4 retweets 8 likesShow this thread -
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… 3. By using them you don’t just harm yourself but you expose those around you also (second-hand smoke). When you use Gmail, you don’t just make the decision to trade your privacy for a service, you trade the privacy of everyone who emails you also. …https://twitter.com/aral/status/969261000611581952 …
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Aral Balkan @aralAnd finally, here’s how Silicon Valley surveillance capitalism and the tobacco industry are alike: 1. Their products are both harmful to your health 2. They were both initially introduced as being good for you (see doctors in tobacco ads, we have our own in the tech industry)… https://twitter.com/aral/status/969260080041484288 …Show this thread1 reply 4 retweets 8 likesShow this thread
… 4. To understand the Big Data playbook, study the Big Tobacco playbook. The historic progression of tactics has many parallels. It’s a good guide to understanding where the industry is and where it’s heading. </end>
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Big <Industry> uses Big Tobacco's playbook to convince its customers their products are good for you. The methodology of Big Tobacco is taught as part of MBAs.
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