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The Secret Life of Data

Ethical Machines

CHAPTER

The Expansive World of Data Collection and Analysis

This chapter explores the wide scope of data gathered through digital sensors, discussing its structured and unstructured forms, potential transformations, and intricate connections between various data points over time. It also compares surveillance data collection to the concept of surveillance capitalism, emphasizing a broader thesis that includes historical origins, emergent properties, and diverse examples of data collection like citizen science.

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