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EU logic is only government should be able to track personal information US logic is only billion dollar companies should track personal information Personall

EU logic is only government should be able to track personal information US logic is only billion dollar companies should track personal information Personally I prefer the former as governments will spend my tax money on getting the data from the billion dollar companies anyway, and those companies will exponentially monetise it because they are required to

seydor 1y ago
US had PRISM and countless other programs to siphon all data
dlcarrier 1y ago
Not that the US government doesn't constantly spy on its citizens, but I'd much rather businesses do so than the government. When I open a bank account, every bank is legally required to forward my personal information and transaction history exceeding $600/yr to the federal government, and there's nothing I can do about it. I don't have to have a Facebook account or credit or debit card (and I don't have any of those) so I only get spied on by businesses I choose to deal with. Not only that, but most businesses I deal with give me a 3% discount when using untraceable cash, instead of payment processors. On top of that, when businesses get out of hand, customers choose to support a new business and the old one fails. This can be financially detrimental to those invested in the business, but it is much, much less bloody than when the same thing happens with a government.
mardifoufs 1y ago
I guess that makes sense when you are part of the power wielding majority. but as someone who isn't, it's absolutely better for private corporations to have my data than governments. Sure, private corporations will end up giving said data to the government if required, but it's at least a step removed. And Facebook can't put me into MetaJail using MetaPrivatePolice (yet), whereas the government absolutely can.

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EU logic is only government should be able to track personal information US logic is only billion dollar companies should track personal information Personall

by hdgvhicv 1y ago

seydor 1y ago
US had PRISM and countless other programs to siphon all data
dlcarrier 1y ago
Not that the US government doesn't constantly spy on its citizens, but I'd much rather businesses do so than the government. When I open a bank account, every bank is legally required to forward my personal information and transaction history exceeding $600/yr to the federal government, and there's nothing I can do about it. I don't have to have a Facebook account or credit or debit card (and I don't have any of those) so I only get spied on by businesses I choose to deal with. Not only that, but most businesses I deal with give me a 3% discount when using untraceable cash, instead of payment processors. On top of that, when businesses get out of hand, customers choose to support a new business and the old one fails. This can be financially detrimental to those invested in the business, but it is much, much less bloody than when the same thing happens with a government.
mardifoufs 1y ago
I guess that makes sense when you are part of the power wielding majority. but as someone who isn't, it's absolutely better for private corporations to have my data than governments. Sure, private corporations will end up giving said data to the government if required, but it's at least a step removed. And Facebook can't put me into MetaJail using MetaPrivatePolice (yet), whereas the government absolutely can.