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Resisting Surveillance

October 8, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left Tagged With: democracy, GDPR, surveillance capitalism

Who Needs 5G in Malta? Certainly Not You!

October 3, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: public internet, surveillance capitalism, technology

Your Spy-Phone Robs You of Privacy. Here Is How We Can Change That

June 3, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left Tagged With: surveillance capitalism, technopolitics

Surveillance Capitalism: the Business Model that Governs Your Life

April 12, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Tech giants sell predictions about us. Incredibly accurate predictions.

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left Tagged With: Big Data, neoliberalism, privacy, surveillance capitalism

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