surveillance capitalism

English

Etymology

Coined by Shoshana Zuboff.

Noun

surveillance capitalism (uncountable)

  1. An economic system based on the commodification of individuals' personal data for profit.
    • 2019 January 16, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Go Ahead, Post the Stupid Photo of Yourself From 10 Years Ago”, in The Atlantic‎:
      If you think that not posting these two photos does anything to surveillance capitalism or the platforms that succeed through it, that’s just not right.
    • 2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic‎:
      That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.
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