It wouldn't be so dire if the draft didn't pretty much ignore the fact that platforms provide services to which there are alternatives, so if we want not individually to inhabit the Parasite's form of the future, we can substantially avoid it. Services that are easily federated (email, video-conferencing, messaging, micro-blogging, web hosting, shared document editing, pickup/dropoff through browsers, etc.) can all be offered by us to one another, using hardware so cheap and software so free that 8th graders can learn how to set up families/small businesses, and they can make real money in high school helping people to live very much on the net and absolutely not at all in the Parasite-infected paltforms. With a little browser security, removing ads on the way in and trackers on the way out, such as could be provided by switching to Brave plus AdBlockPlus and NoScript or by using a FreedomBox as a wifi or plugin router at home or work, the human being's endpoint is pretty clean. (It can be made more clean by rebooting into Tails, if the hardware isn't pre-corrupted by the King of the Undead, Now Dead). The services the human being needs are being provided by non-platform non-invasive servers, either her own or operated by people she actually knows and can trust. Some bright young person is able to look after the technical support, and grownups can learn how if they want to. It's all so cheap that anyone can afford it.

So maybe the next draft should leave behind many words we both don't need repeated about the nature of the problem, and a little more analysis of the points at which the technical and social control system of the Parasite could be interfered with and (how surprisingly!) there appears to exist lots of software that can do everything we need in use all over the Net by people who know how and distributions like FreedomBox that make it actually useable by those who don't.

Short Video Platforms are the Insidious New Offspring Birthed by the Attention Economy

The Attention Economy Gives Rise to Perverse Incentives

Increased Time Spent on the App

Learning Intimate Details about Users

Our Intimate Details are Sold, Stolen, and Seized Like Commodities

Data Elements are Collected and Shared

With tech platforms harvesting vast amounts of deeply accurate personal data derived through short-form video platforms, it is natural to wonder how our data is processed. Data elements “traditionally” collected include contact information, call logs, photos, videos, and documents. However, the stakes are even higher now with Tiktok and Meta harvesting deeply intimate psychographic data.

A study in 2018 found Facebook gave 61 3rd party companies the ability to access wide-ranging details about users' friends. A close look at the platforms' terms reveals that these platforms can track location through IP address even when users specifically restrict access to GPS. App data is also shared between affiliates which can include other apps the platform is associated with. Additionally, when firms like Amazon and Apple share user data with third parties, users are bound by the terms of those third parties. When such detailed information is collected from the likes of Tiktok and Instagram Reels, these lax data sharing policies need to be all the more scrutinized.

Tech Companies Routinely Comply with Subpoena Requests

Most of the data collected by Bigtech companies are available for use by law enforcement. The most common and basic request is a subpoena, which can grant the government access to meta data, email addresses, billing location and IP address. Apple and Microsoft routinely comply with subpoenas – in the first half of 2020, Apple complied with 44% of ~6,000 government requests by turning over actual content data.

With Bigtech's storied history of sharing data to both commercial third parties and the US government, it begs the question of the extent to which our psychographic data, harvested from the learnings of short-video platforms, is being reviewed by unfriendly actors. The future looks dire.

Spies and Spooks have a new lethal weapon: Short Video Platforms

Everyday, millions of Americans voluntary use platforms from companies like ByteDance? , Meta, and Alphabet. According to Meta, it's raison d'etre is to help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses.

The Attention Economy Creates Perverse Incentives

(Write about the attention Economy)

Addictive Short Video Platforms Dramatically Exacerbate Existing Data Privacy Concerns

Increased Time Spent on the App

Learning Intimate Details Abut users

Our Intimate Details are Bought and Sold like Commodities

Data Elements Collected

Data Broker Industry

Government Seizure of Data

Data Elements Collected

Data Broker Industry

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