Tracked and Traced: You are the Product in the World of Surveillance Capitalism

How much is your data worth to a company like Facebook? Who profits off of your daily life? WDET’s Russ McNamara tries to find out who owns our data, and if it’s safe — which takes him down a surveillance capitalism rabbit hole. Plus, Antajuan and Natasha are joined by two guests: Tech entrepreneur Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media and author of “WTF: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us”; and Rob Johnson, president of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and host of the podcast “Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson.” After publishing this episode, Securus Technologies contacted WDET, their comments are reflected in this version of the story.