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Scott Larson presents a community talk arguing that surveillance capitalism by tech giants like Google and Facebook is a correctable issue requiring informed civic engagement, and offers resources for raising awareness.
Data brokers and aggregators secretly collect personal and financial data to infer details about individuals and sell access to shadow profiles without consent, exploiting legal loopholes by selling inferences rather than raw data, leading to a backlash and calls for regulation.
A technologist-parent shares their approach to 'retro-tech parenting,' embracing physical media (CDs, DVDs) and landline telephones to give children an enriching digital experience free from surveillance capitalism and engagement-optimized platforms.