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 One thing. I found the lecture is brilliant..but if we interact with social media..don't we give permission for this data to be used..sold..etc.? 
 To an extent yes. It is critical that we opt out.

On the flip side it is coercive and deceptive to require users to authenticate via what amounts to a military grade intelligence apparatus.

Fuck this dystopia. 
 I guess on Facebook they can extract that value and use it on the platform and that I believe you sign up for..reselling to 3rd party is a crime I believe. 
 Shitcoiners and surveillance capitalists have this in common:
They try to trump up your consent for something you don’t understand to justify predatory actions.

Sounds a lot like pedophilia #groomers