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The thing is, people don't have the ability to withhold consent. I don't think people would need to be fully informed to realize that withholding consent is bet
by 20after4 3y ago
The thing is, people don't have the ability to withhold consent. I don't think people would need to be fully informed to realize that withholding consent is better than giving it, if that was actually a viable choice to make.
I mostly trust Mozilla but I still turn off all of their data collection in Firefox. This wasn't always my default but it is now my default in any place where I am given the choice.
It really is difficult to understand all of the implications and it's taken me years of experience to realize that I should just default to presuming that data collection is going to be bad for me in the long run. When there is a complex and nuanced situation involving a binary choice then all you really need to know is which of the two choices is generally more likely to be in your best interest, then always choose that one. For data collection the safe bet is always "no"
- godelski 3y agoYeah that's how I am too, even with Mozilla. For the same reason: default to the most secure option. Everything is so complex that I can't know what my information makes me vulnerable of.