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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by fabianhjr on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:34PM (#25509535)
Do you mean Mass Surveillance like the US, UK, and China?

I haven't heard of "Surveillance Communism" as a developed distinct concept.

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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by Ruthalas on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:25PM (#25510057)
I suspect the parent post is making facetious commentary on the phrase, "surveillance capitalism".
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Re:What does privacy mean under surveillance capitalism? by fabianhjr on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @03:37PM (#25510944)
Still though, surveillance capitalism is the commodification of personal data by private enterprise and on the other hand mass surveillance is meant to convey the surveillance of the whole (or a big part) of a population regardless of the mode of production.

I guess if "capitalist mode of production absolutely good and communist mode of production absolutely bad" is taken as a given then the parent comment would be "facetious" as in dismissive of the article being discussed.

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