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[–] 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

surveillance is about datamining, and profiling to manipulate, control, and market. Not just market products and news but to lead the person profiled down a specific path.

we are about to have the control of our life and world view completely taken from us moreso than what was done with the analog methods of media marketing and later organic digital era which we are in the process of leaving.

it's really what every ancient culture warned us about. this is the false god. you don't need to be

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    Because this data doesn't end up owned by a corporation.

    It's now freely available to anyone who has means to read it.

    Because people need to communicate in order to build community, and leaving the online space to the corporations is stupid.

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