By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Working people who've been on the downward leg of every K-shaped recovery for a quarter century, who've maxed out their credit cards and re-mortgaged their homes and drive Uber on the weekends to make rent, would have to subject themselves to ongoing surveillance. 9/ 1430
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026That surveillance is already used to determine the highest price those working people will pay - companies like Plexure inform fast food places when you've just gotten paid so they can tack an extra dollar onto your breakfast burrito in the app: pluralistic.net/2026/04/30/s... 10/pluralistic.netPluralistic: How not to ban surveillance pricing (30 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1468
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026Being forced to sell your privacy doesn't just raise the prices you pay, it also lowers the wages you earn. 11/ 1558