Jenna McLaughlin

Well, it was a slow burn, and I think you have sort of two things happening at the same time. So one is you have huge leaps in technology, right? It becomes much cheaper. to have cameras everywhere and to process the data and their ability to capture images and voices and other kinds of data about us has also gone up dramatically.

Well, it was a slow burn, and I think you have sort of two things happening at the same time. So one is you have huge leaps in technology, right? It becomes much cheaper. to have cameras everywhere and to process the data and their ability to capture images and voices and other kinds of data about us has also gone up dramatically.

At the same time, you have two other factors on the buy side, if you will, right? So one is the government after 9-11 builds a huge surveillance infrastructure and that includes police-owned cameras in our city streets. It also includes purchasing data from all of these different apps and cameras and license plate readers that are all over our cities. Right.

At the same time, you have two other factors on the buy side, if you will, right? So one is the government after 9-11 builds a huge surveillance infrastructure and that includes police-owned cameras in our city streets. It also includes purchasing data from all of these different apps and cameras and license plate readers that are all over our cities. Right.

At the same time, you have two other factors on the buy side, if you will, right? So one is the government after 9-11 builds a huge surveillance infrastructure and that includes police-owned cameras in our city streets. It also includes purchasing data from all of these different apps and cameras and license plate readers that are all over our cities. Right.

Yeah. At the same time, you have a targeted ad market, right? So companies want to know where you went, what you bought, what you clicked on, so they can serve you with targeted ads. So you have this confluence of factors on both the supply side and the demand side, which lead us to a situation where surveillance becomes pervasive.

Yeah. At the same time, you have a targeted ad market, right? So companies want to know where you went, what you bought, what you clicked on, so they can serve you with targeted ads. So you have this confluence of factors on both the supply side and the demand side, which lead us to a situation where surveillance becomes pervasive.

Yeah. At the same time, you have a targeted ad market, right? So companies want to know where you went, what you bought, what you clicked on, so they can serve you with targeted ads. So you have this confluence of factors on both the supply side and the demand side, which lead us to a situation where surveillance becomes pervasive.

I mean, I think because it's happening a step at a time, people don't necessarily realize how pervasive the surveillance is. Like crabs boiling in water, basically.

I mean, I think because it's happening a step at a time, people don't necessarily realize how pervasive the surveillance is. Like crabs boiling in water, basically.

I mean, I think because it's happening a step at a time, people don't necessarily realize how pervasive the surveillance is. Like crabs boiling in water, basically.

I mean, I think it all goes back to the ad economy, right? Which is that Every move you make in the commercial space, by and large, is tracked so that companies can build profiles of you about what kind of purchaser are you. Are you a Walmart purchaser or are you a Whole Foods purchaser? And what does that mean in terms of what your income and lifestyle and purchasing habits might be?

I mean, I think it all goes back to the ad economy, right? Which is that Every move you make in the commercial space, by and large, is tracked so that companies can build profiles of you about what kind of purchaser are you. Are you a Walmart purchaser or are you a Whole Foods purchaser? And what does that mean in terms of what your income and lifestyle and purchasing habits might be?

I mean, I think it all goes back to the ad economy, right? Which is that Every move you make in the commercial space, by and large, is tracked so that companies can build profiles of you about what kind of purchaser are you. Are you a Walmart purchaser or are you a Whole Foods purchaser? And what does that mean in terms of what your income and lifestyle and purchasing habits might be?

And then that allows them to target ads to you just to make us buy more stuff. It's the American way. And that data, though, is also really rich and detailed and also provides insights about individuals' political leanings potentially, their faith. All of these kinds of information may be inferred from a sufficient collection of data.

And then that allows them to target ads to you just to make us buy more stuff. It's the American way. And that data, though, is also really rich and detailed and also provides insights about individuals' political leanings potentially, their faith. All of these kinds of information may be inferred from a sufficient collection of data.

And then that allows them to target ads to you just to make us buy more stuff. It's the American way. And that data, though, is also really rich and detailed and also provides insights about individuals' political leanings potentially, their faith. All of these kinds of information may be inferred from a sufficient collection of data.

And that then becomes very useful to the government, which also fuels the market for this data to continue being collected and continue being sold.

And that then becomes very useful to the government, which also fuels the market for this data to continue being collected and continue being sold.

And that then becomes very useful to the government, which also fuels the market for this data to continue being collected and continue being sold.