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I did say a couple posts above that if the government is doing the tracking - then yeah, I would be worried. But if I had something (just or unjust) to hide, I
by nickpp 5y ago
I did say a couple posts above that if the government is doing the tracking - then yeah, I would be worried.
But if I had something (just or unjust) to hide, I would certainly not rely on a government regulation to protect me. I would simply not trust it and I would use my own methods of protection.
Finally, you presented me with a few valid historical cases which I am not sure are even close: none of them involved a private company tracking people and ending up in tragedy.
I would've waited until I had at least such a case before banning the practice altogether. And I would've also considered the cost of my boneheaded regulation: the cost to implement it (billions) and the cost to abide to it when encountering every f-ing day on each new website: thousands of man-lives wasted.
- Kim_Bruning 5y agoWell, if someone holds the information, among other things, governments will make laws to be able to get at said information. Or they just send intelligence agencies in to go after it in the first place. If you've ever seen any presentations or news articles about/by Ed Snowden for instance, you'll know to what lengths even a solid democratic government like the USA might go to. And, you're right. Though previously tracking has only ever caused death/injury/severe_national_embarrassment when the data has been obtained by governments, censuses, counties, post offices, phone companies, and possibly social media companies that start with F; so far social media companies that start with Z have not caused any problems that have been reported in the news where I live. We should therefore trust social media companies that start with Z, because they have a flawless track record.