Whereas specific human subjects face danger from the new social hierarchies that are being built through managing extracted data, all human subjects face a threat to the minimal integrity of the self from data colonialism's reliance on ever-expanding mechanisms of surveillance and tracking. Lower-status work brings higher exposure to surveillance, with zero discretion, while higher-status work enjoys more protection from surveillance and greater discretion.

Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, loc. 581