The Fifth Surveillance
deathwish01b
Published
07/16/2014
In the age of innocence that was brought to an end by Edward Snowden's
revelations, we broadly knew of three kinds of surveillance: the classic
kind, by countries against other countries; the industrial kind, by
companies against companies; and -- the most recent addition -- the
Google/Facebook kind, carried out by companies against their customers.
Snowden made us aware that countries also carried out large-scale
surveillance against huge numbers of their own citizens, the vast
majority of whom had done nothing to warrant that invasion of their
privacy. But there's a fifth kind of surveillance that has largely
escaped notice, even though it represents a serious danger for democracy
and freedom: spying carried out by companies against non-profit
organizations whose work threatens their profits in some way.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140711/08223227850/fifth-surveillance-corporate-spying-non-profits.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140711/08223227850/fifth-surveillance-corporate-spying-non-profits.shtml
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