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Big Tech Monopolies: List of Amazon Products and Services

2021-03-10 08:22 / data privacy, big tech, big data

Amazon owns a ton of products and services without "Amazon" or "an Amazon company" in the name.

These products and services are part of Amazon's network to - you guessed it - profit, one way or another.

These products and services are also massive data collection and mass surveillance tools. Do...

Big Tech Monopolies: List of Google's Products and Subsidiaries

2021-01-15 09:30 / data privacy, big tech, big data

Google owns a lot of products that don't include "Google" in the name.

But are you aware of the notable products/services they own that aren't "Google" this or "Google" that?

More importantly, do you use or regularly interact with any of these products or services?

This is a post in our series...

Big Tech Monopolies: List of Facebook's Mergers

2021-01-05 22:27 / data privacy, big tech, big data

As you may or may not know, Facebook is notorious for buying out competition.

This is especially true when that competition is something they can't beat outright or poses a serious threat to "their market." Instead of competing, they whip out their wallet and fork over cash.

Not to mention, y...