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Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

RE: https://norden.social/@SheDrivesMobility/116732194100466437

Goodness, I wish someone had warned us about this shit, oh I don’t know, maybe over a decade ago?

https://vimeo.com/96727211#t=11m08s

#peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #gamification

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:blackrose: la_rosa :antifa:
@la_rosa@todon.eu replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@aral

Precient! You and...

> Oliver Stone, creator of the film Snowden, pointed to the location-based game Pokémon Go as the "latest sign of the emerging phenomenon and demonstration of surveillance capitalism". Stone criticized that the location of its users was used not only for game purposes, but also to retrieve more information about its players. By tracking users' locations, the game collected far more information than just users' names and locations

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism

Surveillance capitalism - Wikipedia

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gabriele
@gabriele@helvede.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@aral
Very disturbing twist of "Gotta catch 'em all!"

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Davi Ottenheimer
@flyingpenguin@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@aral you and me both, brother. and cassandra. https://infosec.exchange/@flyingpenguin/116758564385633758

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SebasFC
@SebasFC@mastodont.cat replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@aral wow, I remember watching this video 12 years ago

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Brahvim
@Brahvim@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Wish I knew of the conspiracy even earlier. Never touched that app after 2016.

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