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Thread: Privacy is only dead if we let it be dead. ft.com/content/c4288d… via @financialtimes
2/@henrymance piece in FT is a powerful reminder of where surveillance capitalism has brought us. Your kids fitbit is a home detention/monitoring device run by a Chinese firm...
3/But this is not the end of the story. We have just lived through a period of Robber Barons where data was the oil. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
4/Even worse, we are the lab rats for the new IP revolution. Our searches power the coming AI revolution. Google speak about learning-by-doing is about us doing and the are learning. nyti.ms/2LrD2lK
5/But we are now at an inflection point. Simple self-regulation is floundering. businessinsider.com/apple-ceo-tim-… via @BIPrime
6/Why? In part, the robber barons are turning against each other. Facebook, Google, and Apple dont have the same interests over personal data and are using regulation/privacy as a brand war vis-a-vis each other. reut.rs/2MspUOw
7/But it is also because of pressure from governments. The US has put Silicon Valley in a difficult position because of Snowden and the revelations that firm data was leaking to the NSA. See Microsoft on Digital Geneva Convention. microsoft.com/en-us/cybersec…
8/On the other hand. Europe is changing the game with GDPR and its privacy rules. These have put direct pressure on global firms and served as a legislative model for other countries/jurisdictions. Most notably California. See, Protectors of Privacy, amazon.com/Protectors-Pri…
9/Most important, as @henryfarrell and I argue, there is a new transnational story. Activists in Europe (e.g. @NOYBeu) are using these legal means to challenge the surveillance status quo and winning. amazon.com/Privacy-Power-…
10/As a result, surveillance capitalists are facing deep uncertainty as to their future business model. ft.com/content/67b258… via @financialtimes
11/And privacy activists will seek to continue to push on this door. wired.com/story/europes-…
12/This is not just a EU story. For the first time since the 1990s, there is a growing coalition in the US challenging the self-regulation paradigm. inc.com/cameron-albert… via @Inc
13/Much ink has been spilled over the privacy is dead theme. Time to refocus attention now on the rise of privacy reform. Many solutions out there and many activists working on it.
14/Key not to buy into privacy nihilism narratives. The future of democracy and human dignity depend on it. nytimes.com/2019/04/24/tec…
