Hmm, it’s 2018… given what we know, do you really want to work for a titan of surveillance capitalism to make products to track, analyse & profile people with the purpose of exploiting that intimate insight into their lives for financial gain? (Same business model as Facebook.)https://twitter.com/Paul_Kinlan/status/978323081180696576 …
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I will not contribute to technology that tracks, profiles, and exploits people. This means I will not knowingly work at adtech companies like Google/Facebook given that monetising people via such surveillance-based technologies is their business model. I say
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And if you still need convincing, take a few minutes out of your day and watch my talk titled “Design or Decoration?” from IxDA Berlin: https://vimeo.com/243516363 It might change your mind.
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We can pledge not to work for them, but what about their users in our society? Wondering whether we can change things from inside e.g. taking strategic role in newsfeed redesign because it has been polarizing our society. How to save the society? Ask government to block access?
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To protect the people that are forced to use the products of Silicon Valley for lack of alternatives today, we must do two things: 1. Regulate the abuses of these companies 2. Fund and create ethical alternatives from the commons for the common good
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I support this in spirit, but I, like many others, have no idea what all needs done to not perpetuate. Sure, dont actively work on/build these platforms, but it runs deeper. A primer on alternatives to analytics, social APIs etc that could be offered in a client context?
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If you aren't designing for addiction, erm I mean *engagement*, then what purpose do analytics have?
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To validate subjective design decisions with objective data doesn’t seem like a function that *has to* be part of a global surveillance mechanism. Shouldn’t have to resort to hit counters like a frontiersman.
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There are a number of out of band ways to achieve that, like explicit usability surveys and better design theory. In band analytics is the slipperly slope we just fell down
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Right, but talking clients off that slippery slope is a tough sell. Many see it as the only and best indicator without regard for its implications. Same dominant mindset that gives Amazon, WalMart, Uber a pass. A much bigger task to educate than most consultants are prepared for.
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I RTed but Chrome is based on Chromium which is free and open source software and AFAIK stripped of most surveillance code. Sometimes I am using it on Debian as an alternative to Firefox or to test stuff. I am surprised nobody released Chromium for Windows, macOS, Android etc.
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Chromium is fully functional, compatible with most extensions. It exists on all GNU/Linux distributions but not on other OS where Google Chrome is the only choice. That's bad. The code is here. "Just" need to compile it and distribute.
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