Your Data, Their Billions, Jane S. Hoffman
Your Data, Their Billions, Jane S. Hoffman
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Your Data, Their Billions
Unraveling and Simplifying Big Tech

Author: Jane S. Hoffman

Narrator: Natalie Duke

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/19/2022

Synopsis

What if somebody knew everything about you?

Somebody does. That somebody is "Big Tech."

Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft know more about you than you do. And they make billions of dollars by cashing in on your private data.

Our personal data, which Big Tech companies get for free, is the engine that drives the unregulated, free-for-all world called the digital marketplace. These corporate giants may bring us information and entertainment, convenience and connection, but they also do a lot of harm.

So, what can we do about it?

This eye-opening book provides vital information that has been out of reach to those who need it most—the millions of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft users who have come to love and depend upon these digital products. Veteran consumer advocate Jane Hoffman makes the complex world of Big Tech simple to grasp as she reveals exactly how Big Tech uses—and abuses—your personal information. And she proposes a bold blueprint for reforming these corporate behemoths.

Your Data, Their Billions is a guidebook to everything at stake in our digital society, from Big Tech's overreach into our daily lives to its practices that threaten our democracy.

About Jane S. Hoffman

Jane Hoffman is a senior fellow at Harvard University and previously served as commissioner of consumer affairs in New York City. Her leadership as an advocate for consumer rights and protections in the digital era is built on a long career in public advocacy. Her work for social, consumer, educational, and environmental rights includes spearheading groundbreaking programs that drove public policy and new laws in New York. She was also a member of the New York State Public Authority Reform Commission, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Commission, New York City Commission for United Nations Consular Corps & International Business, and the Fund for Public Advocacy. In 2002, Hoffman was a Democratic candidate for New York lieutenant governor, and she has been profiled in the New York Times for her public advocacy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sidney on December 14, 2023

'Your Data, Their Billions' in my personal opinion is a 4 out of 5. This book is an appealing analysis of the complex world of big data and privacy. The book carefully unravels the complex web that the big internet companies have created, revealing the far-reaching effects of our digital footprint.......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on October 27, 2022

This is a good book for someone who is tangentially aware of big tech and how our information is being used, but doesn't quite understand it. The examples in this book do tend to be repetitive, but I think that mostly just helps to make sure that the audience sees the connections over time. While no......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on June 20, 2022

😐 I love anything that shines a light on all the dark side of Silicon Valley and social media in particular. This book failed to be anything I can call cohesive. It’s poorly organized and rambling. Am important topic but not a good book on it.......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on April 14, 2023

The topic of this book is really compelling, and as a reporter who covers tech, I was interested to see what Hoffman had to say about the industry — but I found that about a third of the way through the book, I wasn't finding anything new. I did appreciate how easy the book was to understand, but I......more

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