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Yes, but we all know what it is to go to a public place. We choose that. When you are on your own home, looking a website, you think you are on your own, read

Yes, but we all know what it is to go to a public place. We choose that. When you are on your own home, looking a website, you think you are on your own, reading something, like a book. You do not have a sense of interacting, or of being in a public space. You would have that sense of interacting if you were on an Internet forum, or discord, etc. A book does not report on you (and I'm talking about paper books not kindles!). But all websites monitor you. This is to say that the user is gamed. They are misled into thinking they are looking at a private thing like a book, whereas the reality is that they are being monitored. It's the biggest anti-pattern. It's absolutely without meaningful consent and it is absolutely baked in to the internet. There is no privacy online. But, in my perfect world, we should be allowed privacy and be able to go online. Oh well, maybe in the next life!

withinboredom 6y ago
I can see your point. Still, when I write a blog post, I’m writing to you, specifically. Even though I don’t know who you are or anything about you. It’s fair to “see” you there; to know my words had some impact. After all, you sought my words. Do I need to know everything about you? No. And that’s where this all breaks down. Today’s tracking is like being a door to door salesman, and after trying to sell you something, I stalk you day and night. Actually, I’m surprised someone hasn’t tried to sue/charge Google et al for stalking.
- feralimal 6y ago
  To be honest - I'm labouring the point for sure. I personally wouldn't care about you getting some fairly anonymous data on me. But it would have been nice if those organising the internet experience had given even a bit of consideration to privacy, as opposed to how to eradicate it. My real concern is how we have been turned inside out by corporate technology. I mean there was a story going around a couple of years ago that Facebook knew when a couple was going to split up before the couple did! Its too much!

withinboredom 6y ago

I can see your point. Still, when I write a blog post, I’m writing to you, specifically. Even though I don’t know who you are or anything about you. It’s fair to “see” you there; to know my words had some impact. After all, you sought my words. Do I need to know everything about you? No. And that’s where this all breaks down. Today’s tracking is like being a door to door salesman, and after trying to sell you something, I stalk you day and night. Actually, I’m surprised someone hasn’t tried to sue/charge Google et al for stalking.

feralimal 6y ago
To be honest - I'm labouring the point for sure. I personally wouldn't care about you getting some fairly anonymous data on me. But it would have been nice if those organising the internet experience had given even a bit of consideration to privacy, as opposed to how to eradicate it. My real concern is how we have been turned inside out by corporate technology. I mean there was a story going around a couple of years ago that Facebook knew when a couple was going to split up before the couple did! Its too much!