What the Machine Remembered — Audiobook

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It knew my work address. It knew I'd once been curious about quantum physics. And it knew that my older brother had a brain tumor when he was thirteen.

A smart speaker, bought to play music and set timers, was holding a piece of my family's private grief in its memory — for no service it provides. When I asked it what that fact had to do with anything it does for me, it told the truth: nothing.

What the Machine Remembered is the story of that night and what it led to: a plain-spoken account of what companies keep about you, why they keep it, and the industry of middlemen who buy and sell it — and the brand-new Indiana law that, for the first time, lets you make them stop. The right to know. The right to delete, including data "obtained about" you from someone else. The day-45 deadline and what to do on day 46.

Written by Jason W. Brewington, a Hoosier and an independent financial advisor of twenty-five years, and read by Jase Calhoun, the voice of Taking It Back, with Victoria. Six chapters, 55 minutes.

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Narrators: Jase Calhoun and Victoria (digital narrators). Produced by JWB Publishing LLC. This is the book that started the Taking It Back series — the state-by-state field guides are at TakingItBackBooks.com.