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> If I want to tell Uncle Sam or a prospective employer I have no social media then that’s the whole point. :/ Not in a day where everyone's data is being sold
by mschuster91 3y ago
> If I want to tell Uncle Sam or a prospective employer I have no social media then that’s the whole point. :/
Not in a day where everyone's data is being sold around for pennies [1] for the private sector, and the NSA is monitoring the entire Internet anyway and I'd wager a significant amount of money that they have direct feeds to major ISPs allowing them to cross-reference IP addresses and other forms of identifiers to real persons.
[1] https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/10/18/for-1000-anyone-can-purchase-online-ads-to-track-your-location-and-app-use/ https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/10/18/for-1000-anyone-c...
- flandish 3y agoAll that does is track device usage not who is using it. Like red light cams mailing tickets to owners not drivers.