And now lets think a moment about the fact that Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and thousands of smaller companies do pretty much the same thing. The only

And now lets think a moment about the fact that Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and thousands of smaller companies do pretty much the same thing. The only difference is that they collect it differently. Instead of offering to "clean your Mac" they offer components that developers can integrate into their websites and apps, for analytics, crash reporting, captchas, etc. Privacy on our computers and phones is an empty promise, and we need to radically rethink the way our devices and browsers work if we want to change that. Legislation like the GDPR is one step, but we need to think about ways that make it impossible to collect all that data in the first place.