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I think this misses the point. Even if what he said has never happened, your mind should be trained to never engage with things like that to begin with. The ver
by decremental 5y ago
I think this misses the point. Even if what he said has never happened, your mind should be trained to never engage with things like that to begin with. The very first thing that should occur to you is "I'm about to upload a picture of my face on the internet. That's not a good idea. I won't do that." Same with entering personal information.
- _jal 5y agoThere are multiple "the point"s. Yes, teach your kid to be careful with their data. But also, how many outfits are actually doing this, or is this currently a theoretic concern? If people are doing this, what are their goals? Are they meeting them? Are there less obvious examples of the same thing? I'm sure you can keep going with more points.
- decremental 5y agoIf you just don't ever engage then even if the concern is not over a theoretical threat, you'll never have to worry either way. This isn't a "citation needed" kind of issue. "Do you have a source for it not being a good idea to provide personal information to strangers?" Bizarre.
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- handoflixue 5y agoWhy should I care, though? "What state are you from" seems like pretty innocuous information. I'll readily mention that I'm from Seattle if it's relevant to the conversation or asked directly, and I tend to think of myself as being on the more paranoid / pro-privacy side of things. All the big players already have my address because I gave it to them, and a stalker should be able to work that information out pretty easily because I post in the Seattle sub-reddit and otherwise engage a lot with Seattle topics.
- edoceo 5y ago> seems like pretty innocuous That's how they get you. It's a trap!
- handoflixue 5y agoYeah, but... what actually IS the trap? What bad thing happens because of this?
- Pokepokalypse 5y agoNOTHING; individually. This is the way statistics work. The threat is an aggregate threat. What happens when 150k people respond to a post.
- AlexAndScripts 5y agoYou'll happily mention it, and a human can find it if they look through your profile. ML will have a much harder time in comparison to going through some comments, all in a similar way, on a post where everyone is saying something about their state.
- handoflixue 5y agoYeah, but... what's bad about that? Why should I be opposed to ML knowing I'm from Seattle?
- cratermoon 5y agoThat's just a variant of the "nothing to hide" argument.
- cinntaile 5y agoDid you have some sources for your original claims? As it stands it sounds like just another conspiracy theory so some data would be nice!