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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: The Big Picture of Social Control vs. Democracy
Part One: Big Brother and Social Control
Big Brother and the Puritans
Big Brother in the Slave Trade
Big Brother Invents “Whiteness” to Keep Power
Frederick Douglass: Mental Emancipation Leads to Social Emancipation
Why the Founders Didn’t Explicitly Protect Our Privacy
Privacy Evolves in US Law
Surveillance and Social Control in East Germany
US Federal and State Big Brothers
Democracy Requires Trust; Authoritarianism Requires Fear
Part Two: Big Brother and the Emergence of Surveillance Capitalism
The Surveillance Industry Is Booming
Big Brother Goes Commercial
Commercial Big Brother: So, You Want to Rent an Apartment?
Commercial Big Brother: So, You’re Looking for a Job?
Commercial Big Brother: So, You Want to Return a Product You Bought?
Commercial Big Brother: So, You Want to Call Customer Service?
Commercial Big Brother: So, You Want to Shop for the Best Deal?
The Bottom Line? Your Life Is Profitable
Surveillance and Social Control: We Change When We’re Watched
Social Control and Social Cooling
Big Data: Surveillance Monopolists
Part Three: Big Brother and the Real Global Info Wars
Privacy, Cybersecurity, National Security, and the Future of Warfare
How Trump Undermined Our Cybersecurity
When Big Brother’s Marketing Is Concentrated to Lethal Levels
When Big Brother Trades Your Privacy for Its Own Power and Security
Are We Living with de Tocqueville’s Kinder and Gentler Big Brother?
The Trump Era: A High-Water Mark of Big Brother Lies for Social Control
Beyond Elections: Big Brother in Social Media Can Kill
Part Four: Putting The Reins on Surveillance Capitalism
Software or Spyware?
Biometrics
The “Right to Be Forgotten”
YouTube, Facebook, and Porn: Regulate Social Media
How Much Big Brother Will Modern People Tolerate?
The Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act of 2021
Are We Doomed to Live under Big Brother’s Watchful Eye?
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
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