Every Google service expansion has drawn legal and social opposition

Evidence

Legal opposition and social protest have surfaced in relation to the digitalization of books, the collection of personal information through Street View’s Wi-Fi and camera capabilities, the capture of voice communications, the bypassing of privacy settings, the manipulation of search results, the extensive retention of search data, the tracking of smartphone location data, wearable technologies and facial-recognition capabilities, the secret collection of student data for commercial purposes, and the consolidation of user profiles across all Google’s services and devices, just to name several instances. Expect to see drones, body sensors, neurotransmitters, “digital assistants,” and other sensored devices on this list in the years to come. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 439

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth checking the current state of fights over drones, body sensors, and ‘digital assistants’ — how many of these predicted frontier disputes actually materialized?
• XREF: connects to: Google Street View triggered worldwide legal and public resistance — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 454; Google frames public opposition as fleeting irrational resistance to inevitable progress — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 495; Google legally framed public spaces as unauthorized surveillance territory — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 444

Broader Connections

• Google Street View triggered worldwide legal and public resistance #exemplifies (0.95) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 454
• Google frames public opposition as fleeting irrational resistance to inevitable progress #expands (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 495
• Google legally framed public spaces as unauthorized surveillance territory #exemplifies (0.75) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 444