Drew DeVault • 3/6/2021

The corporate surveillance machine is killing people

The article is a passionate critique of the corporate surveillance and adtech industry. It argues that the collection and sale of user location data from ordinary apps has dire consequences, citing a report that such data was purchased by a military unit for drone strikes. The author, addressing fellow programmers, calls for personal ethical responsibility, condemning complicity in software that enables violence and urging a moral reckoning within the tech industry.

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#Data Privacy #Ethics #Surveillance