As someone who is a huge fan of social media in general, in the interconnectivity of services, and on the Internet of things, this book is basically a mind fuck.

Secrets are lies.
Sharing is caring.
Privacy is theft.

I'm fascinated and intrigued. I can't actually imagine, in this day and age, reaching a point where one company can actually control so much, but I'm also not convinced it couldn't happen.

And you know, I really feel like - even after reading this future nightmare - I would still sign up and go whole hog into the ecosystem. In so many ways, the convenience makes it worth it.

I literally have a camera streaming from my bedroom at all times so I can watch my cats. It's not a public stream, but it's there. I have a Google Hub and an Alexa Dot (I think it's a dot, I'm not a huge fan of this device) in my room as well. Neither have cameras and I mostly only use the Alexa for occasionally listening to audiobooks or to get notifications of my deliveries, but that was more because the Hub didn't have a camera option at the time and the Alexa was practically free.