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Framing the discussion that way is disingenuous, though. Most people don't realize the extent to which Google and Facebook track them and collect data, so they
by jlarocco 8y ago
Framing the discussion that way is disingenuous, though. Most people don't realize the extent to which Google and Facebook track them and collect data, so they're not in a good position to say whether they trust them to protect the data or not. Google's essentially made the decision for them - they're "protecting" it because they've collected it.
- joshuamorton 8y agoI'd agree. But I include most hn posters in the "most people" category. Everyone on this site overestimates tracking.
- jlarocco 8y ago> Everyone on this site overestimates tracking. Do we, though? A lot of sites include third party Javascript, fonts, and CSS from Google servers, and it would be trivial for Google to use those requests for tracking purposes, and very useful for targeting ads.