‘Surveillance by Algorithm’

Bruce Schneier explaining why collecting data that you don’t look at is still dangerous: Computer algorithms are intimately tied to people. And when we think of computer algorithms surveilling us or analyzing our personal data, we need to think about the people behind those algorithms. Whether or not anyone actually looks at our data, the…

Bruce Schneier explaining why collecting data that you don’t look at is still dangerous:

Computer algorithms are intimately tied to people. And when we think of computer algorithms surveilling us or analyzing our personal data, we need to think about the people behind those algorithms. Whether or not anyone actually looks at our data, the very fact that they even could is what makes it surveillance.

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