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As for Facebook and Google, the worst thing they're going to do with your personal information is target advertisements at you. Sure, I bet that is what everyo
by CodeMage 14y ago
As for Facebook and Google, the worst thing they're going to do with your personal information is target advertisements at you.
Sure, I bet that is what everyone is complaining about. It certainly can't be about the possibility of your private information ending up in hands that could do you harm with it, right? I mean, who in their right mind would be afraid of how a bank or an employer or a court or a government agency might use some innocuous bit of information they thought was private? After all, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of...
- pooriaazimi 14y agoFacebook and google are opt-in. You can stop using them anytime you want (use ddg instead of google). You can't decide which country you born in.
- philwelch 14y agoThat's still rather irrelevant to the agenda of our hypothetical totalitarian state. You know, the one that taps the Internet backbones and data mines it all anyway. I'm not saying its unworthy of criticism, just that it's not a fundamental challenge to the Powers That Be.