Surveillance capitalism

Türkçe: Gözetim kapitalizmi

The economic order in which user behaviour data is collected and turned into prediction products as a source of profit.

// EXPLANATION

The term was popularised by Shoshana Zuboff. The real price of "free" services is data; the problem is not only privacy but also that behaviour can be steered.

// ALSO KNOWN AS

surveillance capitalism

// RELATED TERMS

PanopticonJeremy Bentham's prison design in which a central guard can see everyone but nobody knows when they are being watched. TelemetryThe automatic sending of usage and error data from devices and software to a remote server.

// ARTICLES THAT MENTION THIS TERM

SCIENCE_SOCIETY SCIENCE_SOCIETY September 14, 2026 What Is the Digital Panopticon and How Do You Escape It? Bentham's Panopticon no longer needs stone walls or a watchtower; it lives in the chips in our pockets and in data centers. Here is how we walked into the algorithmic cage, and how to get out… 5 MIN READ #HARDWARE

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