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Did you choose to have a Linkedin account? Did you choose to communicate using Gmail? If so, at the time you made these choices, did you consider if they were p
by leephillips 5y ago
Did you choose to have a Linkedin account? Did you choose to communicate using Gmail? If so, at the time you made these choices, did you consider if they were prudent, taking into account what we know about Linkedin and Google? I don’t want to assume that you were reckless, as it’s possible that you signed up many years ago, before the true nature of these companies was common knowledge. But these stories always sound to me like “I borrowed money from the Mafia and their interest rate is unreasonable. Plus, they broke my knees when I couldn’t pay. I am outraged.”
- skipants 5y agoThis is an absolutely ridiculous response. Even if we've come to reason that tech companies can not be trusted to be ethical with our data it's a false equivalency to compare them to a criminal organization. I don't think it's unreasonable for OP to use any application and not expect this misuse of their data. And it's definitely not their fault.