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The entire market seems to care about data rather than privacy. From your smartphones to your cars to your watches to everything else, it seems like the econom
by liftbigweights 8y ago
The entire market seems to care about data rather than privacy.
From your smartphones to your cars to your watches to everything else, it seems like the economy is about getting as much information about you to advertisers/corporations/governments. And data collection looks to be accelerating if anything.
It's like the system is giving us the rope and we are mindlessly putting it around our necks.
The orwellian nightmare was that big brother was going to forcibly install telescreens and listening devices all over your home to deprive you of an ounce of privacy. He never imagined it'd be us installing the telescreens and microphones all over our homes to deprive ourselves of privacy.
- VRay 8y agoHey man, when I was working in that field, we had really strict controls on who could access the data. I had to sign A PIECE OF PAPER agreeing not to misuse customers' personal data before I could get at it. Plus I'm pretty sure the company did a cursory background check before they hired me. And there's a form that government intelligence employees have to click through sometimes before they get the data. Privacy secured.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoHey, good for you! But how am I to verify that other companies take the same level of care? Also, just because engineers have to jump through hoops to be able to run SELECT on a database, doesn't mean marketroids and sales don't get free rein on using it (or passing it to other parties).
- iamnothere 8y agoI think your sarcasm detector may be broken.