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What exactly is scary in that scenario? So Google knows that you went somewhere and who your friends are. I don't see a problem. The actually bad thing would b
by imaginenore 9y ago
What exactly is scary in that scenario? So Google knows that you went somewhere and who your friends are. I don't see a problem.
The actually bad thing would be something like - you watch alt-right YouTube videos, and Google doesn't hire you because of that if you apply for a job. But even that isn't remotely close to the totalitarian government level of oppression, where you get executed for disagreeing with the party line.
Chances are, you are not important, and nobody cares where you go to eat and whoats with you.
- jodrellblank 9y agoWhat's scary is that they aren't aligned with your interests. The actually bad thing is everybody acts like a) they are, and b) they can't and won't ever change. Chances are, you are not important, and nobody is looking out to make sure they don't crush you. In this scenario, you are the bug on the interstate which hits a car windshield. "Oh but the humans aren't out to get you, look at this big open space they made for us, what's so bad if the car knows where you are?".
- ionised 9y agoNobody is important until they suddenly are. The Nazis used highly in-depth Dutch census data during WW2 to hunt down and murder Jews and undsesirables in the country. That data was considered harmless, even useful by the population to that point. Things changed, and that data became very useful to evil people. This is why people in Germany and many eastern European countries are not sold on government surveillance for their own good, they lived under pervasive Soviet surveillance. That kind of power can and likely will end up in the wrong hands eventually, so it is always best to keep it in check or just not have it at all.