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> Because most of it isn't interesting or relevant to you. Most data being sent isn't actually data about you, but data about the product. Thanks but that's fo
by zaptheimpaler 4y ago
> Because most of it isn't interesting or relevant to you. Most data being sent isn't actually data about you, but data about the product.
Thanks but that's for me to decide. And all of the privacy abuses in clear view by Meta and others over the past few years make that assertion sound ridiculous. In my view the owner of a device has a right to have complete visibility into said device's communications.
- bruce511 4y agoPersonally I agree that this endless back-door privacy leakage is unwelcome. That said, the idea that we have self-described "rights" waters down the concept of actual "rights". Things like Miranda rights, 2nd ammendment rights and so on are codified trade-offs between public good and personal good. Often these rights are local, and differ from country to country. Some travel, some don't. Most people in the UK presume they have free-speech rights (they don't) but pretty-much no-one in the UK believes they "have the right to bear arms." I don't negate your point. I too have a desire not to leak data to corporations from my devices. Equally I choose which browser I use, which sites I visit, which OS I run, and so on. I guess I'm saying that I understand that companies don't exist for my benefit, but for theirs, and I balance their desires with my desires when making my choices.