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and eventually those tax reports and credit ratings will be tied to super market checkout systems. So governments can pick and choose which tax payers can eat w

and eventually those tax reports and credit ratings will be tied to super market checkout systems. So governments can pick and choose which tax payers can eat what. Any data that is aggregated is open to abuse by the aggregator and it will be definitely abused if the aggregator is a government body.

malermeister 4y ago
I'd much rather have my government have info about me than Facebook. Even in your contrived dystopia, I'd rather have a democratic government be the Big Brother than some unelected tech CEO.
- closewith 4y ago
  That's a false dichotomy. We can create a world where our right to privacy is respected by both governments and the private sector.
  - malermeister 4y ago
    It doesn't change the fact that our government is voted in, while private CEOs are moneyed in. I trust the former more to have my best interests in mind.
    - jiveturkey42 4y ago
      The user consents to using a product, but not being born into a particular location
      - malermeister 4y ago
        https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/shadow-profiles-facebook-has-information-you-didnt-hand-over/ https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/shadow-profiles-facebook-h... Come again?
- sathishmanohar 4y ago
  - malermeister 4y ago
    Could you please elaborate your argument instead of just doing drive-by insinuations?
- mdp2021 4y ago
  Why do you have to bring FB into the equation? It seems you are mentioning it as a relevant alternative - what is that? When somebody says "This may be controversial // Well, much better than being crushed under a rock", the latter is supposed to be rhetoric, here somebody seems to treat it like a real alternative, as if you went into the current events to avoid that!
dane-pgp 4y ago
> tied to super market checkout systems Norway is one step closer to that: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/ https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket...

malermeister 4y ago

I'd much rather have my government have info about me than Facebook. Even in your contrived dystopia, I'd rather have a democratic government be the Big Brother than some unelected tech CEO.

closewith 4y ago
That's a false dichotomy. We can create a world where our right to privacy is respected by both governments and the private sector.
- malermeister 4y ago
  It doesn't change the fact that our government is voted in, while private CEOs are moneyed in. I trust the former more to have my best interests in mind.
  - jiveturkey42 4y ago
    The user consents to using a product, but not being born into a particular location
    - malermeister 4y ago
      https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/shadow-profiles-facebook-has-information-you-didnt-hand-over/ https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/shadow-profiles-facebook-h... Come again?
sathishmanohar 4y ago
- malermeister 4y ago
  Could you please elaborate your argument instead of just doing drive-by insinuations?
mdp2021 4y ago
Why do you have to bring FB into the equation? It seems you are mentioning it as a relevant alternative - what is that? When somebody says "This may be controversial // Well, much better than being crushed under a rock", the latter is supposed to be rhetoric, here somebody seems to treat it like a real alternative, as if you went into the current events to avoid that!

dane-pgp 4y ago

> tied to super market checkout systems Norway is one step closer to that: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/ https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket...