Shoshana Zuboff on 'surveillance capitalism' and how tech companies are always watching us

She’s a Harvard professor and celebrated scholar who has been described as “the true prophet of the information age.” (Subscribe:

Shoshana Zuboff’s new book looks at the exploitation of the digital dream and its rapid mutation into what she has coined – surveillance capitalism.

A mutant form of capitalism where tech giants like Facebook and Google are spying on users and manipulating our data to exploit and predict behaviours – in what is a serious threat to our freedom and privacy.

Matt Frei talked to her about some of the ideas of her book: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.

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