Sure regulation is the solution, and I think a very slow journey to regulation has started. Whether it will come soon enough or be adequate are open to question

Sure regulation is the solution, and I think a very slow journey to regulation has started. Whether it will come soon enough or be adequate are open to question. We've known Google and FB have engaged in systematic overreach every single time there is data for the taking. From streetview harvesting WiFi, or taking photos over privacy fences through systemic use of dark patterns. If I'm exaggerating it's from trying to make up a credible example off the cuff. When the Snowden revelations were coming thick and fast I remember several examples coming up around search stream and meta-data. Mostly terrifying as either could reveal in far more detail than actual content of messages what you appeared to be thinking in the moment. Tie that with medical and health data and any pretence of privacy falls.