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This is universally a common problem. You have an account on some social site, the owner and the advertisers know everything about you and you know nothing abou
by coldcode 8y ago
This is universally a common problem. You have an account on some social site, the owner and the advertisers know everything about you and you know nothing about what they know. You may not even know that people know. How can you make a valid decision to use the service? It's also true of governments, they make decisions that affect you in secret, and then tell you whatever they want; you have no idea what is being done in your name, and you are powerless to affect these decisions. Knowledge is power.
- degenerate 8y agoI haven't looked at it this way until just now, but GDPR addresses exactly this. You are entitled to know what data exists about you. I just wish the EU wasn't so overly bureaucratic in how it's managed or explained.