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It's not just public social media info, it's private info as well. It's discouraging to see people openly state that they don't care about that.

MisterBastahrd 3y ago
Am I really supposed to sit here and pretend that social media companies don't know private information about the people who use their platforms? Every single one of them know who you are, where you are, what your opinions are, and who you do business with, and they ALL sell that information to the government. So no, I don't care, because until THAT is an issue which is addressed, the rest of the arguments on the subject are moot. I don't think anyone should have any of that information, but there's no point in giving a shit if people are going to refuse to be logically consistent.
- bluefishinit 3y ago
  > Am I really supposed to sit here and pretend that social media companies don't know private information about the people who use their platforms? I'd say that's also a huge problem, it doesn't have to be either/or. The thing is, FB or Google don't employ people with guns and can't throw you in prison. The vast majority of people also wouldn't expect the US government to be reading their private messages illegally and without a warrant.
  - MisterBastahrd 3y ago
    > The thing is, FB or Google don't employ people with guns and can't throw you in prison. They SELL YOUR INFORMATION to people with guns who can throw you in prison AND they gather far more of it than the people with the guns.
    - bluefishinit 3y ago
      They do sell your information and that's a huge problem. They don't have more data on you though, because the gov is aggregating all of that + what they get from programs like PRISM. Consider the likes of FB selling your data to the gov a part of the same program that Snowden shed light on.

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It's not just public social media info, it's private info as well. It's discouraging to see people openly state that they don't care about that.

by bluefishinit 3y ago

MisterBastahrd 3y ago
Am I really supposed to sit here and pretend that social media companies don't know private information about the people who use their platforms? Every single one of them know who you are, where you are, what your opinions are, and who you do business with, and they ALL sell that information to the government. So no, I don't care, because until THAT is an issue which is addressed, the rest of the arguments on the subject are moot. I don't think anyone should have any of that information, but there's no point in giving a shit if people are going to refuse to be logically consistent.
- bluefishinit 3y ago
  > Am I really supposed to sit here and pretend that social media companies don't know private information about the people who use their platforms? I'd say that's also a huge problem, it doesn't have to be either/or. The thing is, FB or Google don't employ people with guns and can't throw you in prison. The vast majority of people also wouldn't expect the US government to be reading their private messages illegally and without a warrant.
  - MisterBastahrd 3y ago
    > The thing is, FB or Google don't employ people with guns and can't throw you in prison. They SELL YOUR INFORMATION to people with guns who can throw you in prison AND they gather far more of it than the people with the guns.
    - bluefishinit 3y ago
      They do sell your information and that's a huge problem. They don't have more data on you though, because the gov is aggregating all of that + what they get from programs like PRISM. Consider the likes of FB selling your data to the gov a part of the same program that Snowden shed light on.