Book Review: Good Data by Sam Gilbert
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This is a Bad Book. It is probably the most profoundly disturbing book I've read about the misuse of personal data. Not because it exposes the horrors of algorithmic harassment and discrimination, but because it joyfully revels in them. The book's central thesis is that slurping up personal data, without explicit permission, and using that information to target people is a good thing. While books like The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and Privacy is Power are deep, scholarly works which…
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