The Costs of Connection How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism (PDF) (Print)

Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free_it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives_our ways of knowing; our means of production; our political participation.