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>"you can't ignore one if you are concerned about the other" Yes I can. I understand reasonable security concerns and that is why countries have various securi

by FpUser 6y ago

>"you can't ignore one if you are concerned about the other" Yes I can. I understand reasonable security concerns and that is why countries have various security agencies who are being paid to do their job so I let them worry about it. My job is to worry about myself personally and I really do not care about what Timbuktu knows about me. They can't do shit to me personally. My own government and corporations however can. The exception of course are large neighbours and their multinational corporations. I was surprised and irritated when I've discovered that Amazon knows exactly what kind of car I have even though I bought it from a used car dealer without any Internet involvement and I do not keep Alexa and likewise spyware in my place.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> My job is to worry about myself personally and I really do not care about what Timbuktu knows about me. They can't do shit to me personally. My own government and corporations however can. If “Timbuktu” has information about you and it's friendly with your government, it's likely to trade it; if it has it and it's unfriendly with your government, it's a target for your government’s espionage. In either case, it's a place where your information is that your government is likely to be trying to get it (unless you are a particular target, not in isolation, but along with other information), so if you are concerned about your government, you should be concerned about it.
- FpUser 6y ago
  For the government to get interested really in me - well I am pretty boring person and not up to anything. So I do not really care about that part. I am concerned about generic information gathering as it affects credit rating, various approvals, job prospects etc, etc especially if shared with corporations who are seems to be doing fine job in this department as well. So no. I do not think government will be hunting my info in Timbuktu and them knowing my shopping habits does not concern me.

by FpUser 6y ago

dragonwriter 6y ago

> My job is to worry about myself personally and I really do not care about what Timbuktu knows about me. They can't do shit to me personally. My own government and corporations however can. If “Timbuktu” has information about you and it's friendly with your government, it's likely to trade it; if it has it and it's unfriendly with your government, it's a target for your government’s espionage. In either case, it's a place where your information is that your government is likely to be trying to get it (unless you are a particular target, not in isolation, but along with other information), so if you are concerned about your government, you should be concerned about it.

FpUser 6y ago
For the government to get interested really in me - well I am pretty boring person and not up to anything. So I do not really care about that part. I am concerned about generic information gathering as it affects credit rating, various approvals, job prospects etc, etc especially if shared with corporations who are seems to be doing fine job in this department as well. So no. I do not think government will be hunting my info in Timbuktu and them knowing my shopping habits does not concern me.