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Honestly this is the type of thing that motivates me to care about privacy. Arguing against "Why should I care if I don't do anything wrong" never seems like i
by Vraxx 11y ago
Honestly this is the type of thing that motivates me to care about privacy. Arguing against "Why should I care if I don't do anything wrong" never seems like it has an impact on either side of the argument, but this type of data analysis shows very vividly that you can be impacted by this data gathering in very meaningful ways even if you aren't doing anything traditionally thought of as wrong. The even scarier part of this is that these are patterns of borderline subconscious behavior that can "determine" certain traits about you. Before, worrying about posting uncouth content on social media is a very conscious worry/action that you take when representing yourself of the internet. Micromanaging my phone behaviors sounds much more tedious and burdensome.
- scholia 11y ago> Micromanaging my phone behaviors sounds much more tedious and burdensome. Sounds impossible ;-) I'm sure conclusions can equally be drawn from the way people try to micromanage their phone behaviors....
- Vraxx 11y agoYeah, I guess "fruitless nightmare" more aptly describes my feelings for the idea of micromanaging my phone behaviors. Either way, I think this kind of data extrapolation is a lot more likely to get people who don't normally care about privacy violations to begin caring.