Big data or Big Brother?

At the close of 2013, I was gifted a video montage. Pictures of a fishing trip in Alaska, a Northwestern football game and other moments transitioned on and off the screen with an occasional video spliced in, set to a folksy soundtrack. The rub? The gift was not given to me by a close personal friend or family member; the photos and videos were stored on my Android device, and Google produced the video via a combination of technical wizardry and curation, without my consent (at least any that I can remember explicitly giving)....

 

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