Facial rendition is the foundational operation surveillance capitalism cannot survive without

Evidence

If rendition is interrupted, surveillance capitalism cannot stand, for the whole enterprise rests on this original sin. This fact is amply displayed in the public drama surrounding the ill-fated 2015 attempt to produce public guidelines on the creation and use of biometric information through a voluntary “privacy multi-stakeholder” process convened by the National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) under the auspices of the US Department of Commerce. After weeks of negotiations, consumer advocates walked out in protest over the hard-line position of the tech companies and their lobbyists on the single most pivotal issue: consent. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 789

Categorization

• XREF: This ‘original sin’ framing of rendition as the foundational act connects to the book’s earlier chapters on behavioral surplus extraction (Ch. 1-3). — connects to: Rendition can exist without surveillance capitalism, but never the reverse — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 735; Rendition is the first operational step of surveillance capitalism’s dispossession project — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 754; Voluntary ‘best practices’ guidelines legitimize unconsented facial recognition by dressing it in toothless language — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 791
• ADDENDUM: The ‘original sin’ and unconsented extraction of value from people’s bodies parallels the unconsented extraction of value from sacrifice discussed in the article ‘On Sacrifice’ — both concern a foundational taking that cannot be justified after the fact.

Broader Connections

• Rendition is the first operational step of surveillance capitalism’s dispossession project #corroborates (0.92) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 754