Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User

Smartphones and tablets give you access to information wherever you are. Whenever you use a device connected to the internet you are leaving a digital footprint of personal data that tech companies are likely harvesting and selling. rawpixel/pixababy

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This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cyber security, safety, and tech-product user exploitation threats associated with connected products that are supported by the Android (Google) OS, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows OS.