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Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data Audio CD – July 27, 2021

by Carissa Véliz (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 395 ratings
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Every minute of every day, our data is harvested and exploited . . . It is time to pull the plug on the surveillance economy.

Governments and hundreds of corporations are spying on you, and everyone you know. They're not just selling your data. They're selling the power to influence you and decide for you. Even when you've explicitly asked them not to.

Reclaiming privacy is the only way we can regain control of our lives and our societies. These governments and corporations have too much power, and their power stems from us--from our data. Privacy is as collective as it is personal, and it's time to take back control.

Privacy Is Power tells you how to do exactly that. It calls for the end of the data economy and proposes concrete measures to bring that end about, offering practical solutions, both for policymakers and ordinary citizens.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09WWLQHHW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor and Blackstone Publishing
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 27, 2021
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Unabridged
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8200764570
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
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Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI, and a Fellow at Hertford College at the University of Oxford. She works on privacy, technology, moral and political philosophy, and public policy. Véliz has published articles in media such as the Guardian, the New York Times, New Statesman, and the Independent. Her academic work has been published in The Harvard Business Review, Nature Electronics, Nature Energy, and The American Journal of Bioethics, among other journals. She is the author of Privacy Is Power (Bantam Press) and the editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics.

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Customers find the book readable, with one describing it as a powerful read.

"Veliz is a powerful writer and Privacy is Power is a powerful book...." Read more

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"...This is NOT a slog but an engaging and important read. I beg everyone to read it and encourage their friends and family to do the same!" Read more

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Customers find the book enlightening, with one review noting it is well-researched and supported by anecdotal stories, while another describes it as a powerful read about the future.

"...us all vulnerable in ways we never imagined. Well written, fact based, Prof Veliz gives insights that can benefit us all." Read more

"...mentioned just minutes ago in a phone conversation, this book is enlightening and empowering even as it outlines a politically terrifying prospect..." Read more

"...Anyway, this was incredibly interesting, and while I liked it all, I found the final two chapter on what we (as individuals and our governments) can..." Read more

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A must-read or EVERYONE not living off the grid!
Wow! This was an eye-opening read and one that I wish EVERYONE would consider reading. The matter of data privacy is something I've always thought should be considered individually according to one's own appetite and tolerance for risk. And that decision making should really be well informed in order for individuals to truly understand what the risks are to their personal data privacy. But what I had not fully considered or understood until reading this book is the extent to which digital privacy is a shared and collaborative thing. Like it or not, we live in what Ms. Véliz calls a surveillance capitalism society, and our collective awareness of how our personal data is being used today is essential to our ability to influence how it is used in the future. We enjoy many Internet products and services for “free”. We think they’re paid for with ad revenue alone. But the extent to which data about us can be used (and is being used) in ways that are disadvantageous to us is staggering. It’s also complicatedC but this book does a great job of breaking it down and making the information accessible to any reader. This content is well-researched, meticulously crafted, and well-supported by anecdotal stories and evidence we can all relate to. This is NOT a slog but an engaging and important read. I beg everyone to read it and encourage their friends and family to do the same!
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  • CAZ485
    5.0 out of 5 stars What We All Didn't Know
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
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    We all may take for granted and be unaware of how our privacy is being breached and could be used against us, even if we have nothing to hide. This isn't conspiracy theorist material. The new world of the internet has made us all vulnerable in ways we never imagined.
    Well written, fact based, Prof Veliz gives insights that can benefit us all.
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  • cmo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Immensely important and terrifying
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2020
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    Veliz is a powerful writer and Privacy is Power is a powerful book. If you are interested in technology, governance, consumer rights, or just worried about how ads pop up related to products you mentioned just minutes ago in a phone conversation, this book is enlightening and empowering even as it outlines a politically terrifying prospect of losing privacy in the modern age.

    Veliz outlines 1) how we (primarily the UK and the US) lost so much of our privacy, 2) the implications of this loss, 3) the normative value of privacy, and 4) how we can start to recover it. Privacy is being eroded in *so many parts of our lives* that one book cannot possibly contain a whole history of the issue--but Veliz masterfully condenses the major issues into just a few chapters.

    Some highlights:
    -Chapter 3 goes into detail about how one person's relinquishment of privacy affects all of their acquaintances, friends, and family (with primary examples from Cambridge Analytica and 23andMe)
    -Chapter 4 describes how targeted ads not only affect our consumption patterns but our political behavior, and how the lack of transparency in targeting practices reduces public accountability for political lies.
    -Chapter 6 provides helpful steps individuals can take to control their own data and outlines what we should be looking for when we buy products (hint: no smart appliances! no surveillance devices like Alexa or Siri!)

    An implicit "right to privacy" in the US Constitution gave us access to contraception, pornography, abortion, and legalized sodomy. That this privacy is being eroded (quickly! drastically!) by tech companies and governments alike is absolutely terrifying and affects our ability to live our lives without fear of misuse of this information (labor market discrimination, political polarization, misuse of the legal system, etc). Veliz gives us the tools to understand both why our data matter and how to protect it. Truly a must-read.
    17 people found this helpful
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  • CD
    4.0 out of 5 stars Quick, powerful read about the future (and past) of big tech and data
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2021
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    I read this for school lol but it was actually a very good, fast read! I also recognize the irony of posting about a book about privacy on a platform that steals all our data. Anyway, this was incredibly interesting, and while I liked it all, I found the final two chapter on what we (as individuals and our governments) can do about taking back our data and privacy to be the most impactful.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Jay S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read or EVERYONE not living off the grid!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022
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    Wow! This was an eye-opening read and one that I wish EVERYONE would consider reading. The matter of data privacy is something I've always thought should be considered individually according to one's own appetite and tolerance for risk. And that decision making should really be well informed in order for individuals to truly understand what the risks are to their personal data privacy. But what I had not fully considered or understood until reading this book is the extent to which digital privacy is a shared and collaborative thing. Like it or not, we live in what Ms. Véliz calls a surveillance capitalism society, and our collective awareness of how our personal data is being used today is essential to our ability to influence how it is used in the future.

    We enjoy many Internet products and services for “free”. We think they’re paid for with ad revenue alone. But the extent to which data about us can be used (and is being used) in ways that are disadvantageous to us is staggering. It’s also complicatedC but this book does a great job of breaking it down and making the information accessible to any reader.

    This content is well-researched, meticulously crafted, and well-supported by anecdotal stories and evidence we can all relate to. This is NOT a slog but an engaging and important read. I beg everyone to read it and encourage their friends and family to do the same!
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    Jay S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    A must-read or EVERYONE not living off the grid!

    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022
    Wow! This was an eye-opening read and one that I wish EVERYONE would consider reading. The matter of data privacy is something I've always thought should be considered individually according to one's own appetite and tolerance for risk. And that decision making should really be well informed in order for individuals to truly understand what the risks are to their personal data privacy. But what I had not fully considered or understood until reading this book is the extent to which digital privacy is a shared and collaborative thing. Like it or not, we live in what Ms. Véliz calls a surveillance capitalism society, and our collective awareness of how our personal data is being used today is essential to our ability to influence how it is used in the future.

    We enjoy many Internet products and services for “free”. We think they’re paid for with ad revenue alone. But the extent to which data about us can be used (and is being used) in ways that are disadvantageous to us is staggering. It’s also complicatedC but this book does a great job of breaking it down and making the information accessible to any reader.

    This content is well-researched, meticulously crafted, and well-supported by anecdotal stories and evidence we can all relate to. This is NOT a slog but an engaging and important read. I beg everyone to read it and encourage their friends and family to do the same!
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  • A M
    3.0 out of 5 stars A manifesto rather than a balanced review
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2021
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    The book claims that the right to privacy is an absolute one, that should never be compromised and ignore cases where it makes sense to give up some privacy in order to raise our welfare. For example, the author claims that we should never share any genetic data since we might heart family members, but ignores the useful medical research projects that are based on analyzing genomic data of many people (disclosure: I participate in some of these projects). Adopting the author style, one may ask: how many lives (that are saved by these research projects) are equal to how much privacy? The book also suffers from some inconsistencies. For example, the author claims that by applying AI companies like Facebook know about us much more than our closest friends, but it also claims that the NSA, which has more data than Facebook, fails to find any terrorist by applying AI. Another example: the author suggests that personal ads should be disallowed by law, but also claims that such ads are economically inefficient (and therefore, businesses are supposed to stop using them without any law).
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  • Alejandro Pisanty
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, thorough, passionate, highly readable account of problems with social media and data
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2020
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    Prof. Veliz gives us an excellent account of various problems arising from commerce in personal data. She discusses realistic differences with data that *must* be kept by governments and firms, then goes through a broad spectrum of issues with clarity and passion. While the problems with undue, surreptitious influencing on human conduct and choices are wicked, she points out at least some creative routes for a global improvement that must be heard. Her depth of scholarship does not interfere with the clarity of her argument; it is solidly grounded, yet compelling in its presentation.
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  • Eran Globus
    5.0 out of 5 stars must read book in the digital age
    Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
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    fantastic book, highly accessible to anyone who uses digital technology, which is all of us
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  • Paulo A. Reimann
    4.0 out of 5 stars OK
    Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021
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    Apparently the jennie has left the bottle and no can do to avoid snoopers. Book is good, a tremendous warning coming too late.
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  • Carlos Chalico
    5.0 out of 5 stars WOW
    Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2022
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    I have been doing privacy for some years now. I like how this book is very well installed in a position that makes it attractive for privacy professionals and for interested readers who want to learn more about the topic, and they will.

    I love the flow, the substance, the energy, the power, and the optimism. It is inviting and encouraging.

    I hope you can read it, it will be good for you, for me, for everyone.
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  • Samuel
    4.0 out of 5 stars important book
    Reviewed in Sweden on December 8, 2024
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    Not awesomely written but with very important content on how important it is with a place where you can think without being monitored and affected.
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  • Jyoti
    5.0 out of 5 stars Short and precise book on privacy
    Reviewed in India on July 7, 2022
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    A good, small and compact book dealing with current issues with online privacy. It teaches how we should use our data, how much to share with companies and how to change the current system by doing small things collectively. Good book to also learn about data economy and its misuses.
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  • Bruna Trevelin
    5.0 out of 5 stars 100% recommend
    Reviewed in France on February 10, 2025
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    This book is a must-read for everyone! The writing is great, and the reflections on privacy and data are so relevant and needed.
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  • jorge garcia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Privacy is power es lo mejor que nos ha dado el 2020
    Reviewed in Spain on October 25, 2020
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    Carissa Veliz ha escrito el libro que necesitábamos, pobres mortales, para reconquistar la soberanía sobre nuestros datos, y con ella, recuperar nuestro poder, nuestra autonomía y nuestra libertad.
    Profundo y riguroso, pero trabajadísimo para resultar ameno y accesible; valiente y útil, porque no se limita a subrayar los problemas, sino que apunta a la puerta de salida.
    Zuboff allanó el camino con su obra catedralicia sobre el capitalismo de vigilancia, pero mientras aquella diserta desde su atalaya, este libro te habla de igual a igual
    Con su estilo claro, directo y engañosamente simple, Veliz identifica a los responsables, les expone como los emperadores desnudos que son.
    Pone en valor al ciudadano de a pie y explica perfectamente por qué nuestra privacidad es importante y por qué es tan valiosa para los gigantes tecnológicos, desde el punto de vista filosófico, político y económico.
    Veliz no hace prisioneros: sustituye el discurso instalado en una sociedad cautivada por la tecnología, y lo hace demoliendo tópicos a base -indistintamente- de profundas citas filosóficas o brillantes chascarrillos como el de Zuckerberg -el libro revela que nuestro amigo se compró las cuatro casas adyacentes a la suya (50 millones de dólares en total) para asegurar su privacidad-.
    Carissa es la verdadera evangelista de la privacidad.
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