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Resisting Surveillance

October 8, 2019 · Olaf Bruns & Shoshana Zuboff ·

Shoshana Zuboff’s new book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, explores a new step in the history of capitalism, where big tech is making profits with data, extracted from citizens without their consent—with destructive effects on the economy, democracy and individual lives.

Tagged With: democracy, GDPR, surveillance capitalism

Who Needs 5G in Malta? Certainly Not You!

October 3, 2019 · Michele Kipiel ·

Let us no longer focus on health, but rather on three other facets of 5G: who stands to profit from it, how is it going to affect our society and whether a country as small as Malta needs a 5G infrastructure at all.

Tagged With: public internet, surveillance capitalism, technology

Your Spy-Phone Robs You of Privacy. Here Is How We Can Change That Utopia for the Few. Part 2

June 3, 2019 · Michele Kipiel ·

Faced with the might of surveillance capitalism, one’s first reaction might be to despair and declare the battle lost. But we’re not done yet. In fact, there’s a lot we can do to tame the surveillance beast, both at the personal and political levels.

Tagged With: surveillance capitalism, technopolitics

Surveillance Capitalism: the Business Model that Governs Your Life Utopia for the Few. Part 1

April 12, 2019 · Michele Kipiel ·

Tech giants sell predictions about us. Incredibly accurate predictions.

Tagged With: Big Data, neoliberalism, privacy, surveillance capitalism

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