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> Yet Facebook and Google at least built products you wanted that you willingly gave up privacy to use and at least got something for it I never agreed to FB
by moreorless 9y ago
> Yet Facebook and Google at least built products you wanted that you willingly gave up privacy to use and at least got something for it
I never agreed to FB collecting data on me. I have no account with them. I do not use their services. Yet here we are.
- drawkbox 9y agoYou can easily block Facebook and Google via host loopback or blocking their scripts. I have never seen so many pro ISP tracking/privacy people on HN.
- projektir 9y agoThat post seems anti-Facebook and Google, not pro-ISP.
- drawkbox 9y agoI mentioned how you can block Facebook and Google. The pro-ISP part was more about the thread and that ISPs are paid for internet access for privacy, without an expectation of tracking. Google and Facebook are free and have an expectation of tracking because they make their money from ads/tracking.
- moreorless 9y agoI suppose I can ask all my contacts to remove my details from their address books on their phones. Do not email me from gmail, Tag me should they ever take pictures of me. But that is all besides the point. We _should_ not have to jump through hoops to keep them from spying on me. Besides, _most_ people do not even know how clear the browser cache, let alone running scripts or modify their host files with every changing DNS entries.