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I find it hilarious that I emotionally support Google enough that my immediate reaction is "HEY ITS NOT SO BAD" when I see this page; and then roll my eyes at t

by eof 14y ago

I find it hilarious that I emotionally support Google enough that my immediate reaction is "HEY ITS NOT SO BAD" when I see this page; and then roll my eyes at the petition. At the same time I don't use facebook for privacy issues and the thing I am always going to do tomorrow is set up my own mail server. Brains are funny like that.

msabalau 14y ago
Is it only an emotional reaction, though? When an algorithm sifts through my e-mail the result is that I see a more targeted ad. When I mess up and inappropriately share something on Facebook it is obvious to lots of people in my life. (And, of course, Facebook tends to vomit up some sort of privacy outrage every five months, so there is always the nagging worry that something one did share in a reasonable way is now being seen in a way one didn't intend under the old "rules of the road". While some people may care about privacy as an abstract first principle, I imagine many people are more concerned about the consequences of other people knowing something about them.
- eof 14y ago
  Point taken, it's not only an emotional reaction; I get that context based ads aren't the same as someone reading my email. I was really just making light of what is an obvious contradiction in my values. We would be naive to think that all google is doing is spam filtering and context-based ads. They are also giving up personal info thousands of times a year at government request, etc. The main thing is not owning my own data. Google owns my data and I am powerless, more or less, against them. When other companies own data I get all indignant about it; but rationalize it when it's Google.
  - JEVLON 14y ago
    If you have an account you can delete everything (including your email), remove data from specific Google services, or adjust some of their ad targeting assumptions. I cannot remember how to get to the ad targeting settings, but you can find it if you need it.
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by eof 14y ago

msabalau 14y ago

Is it only an emotional reaction, though? When an algorithm sifts through my e-mail the result is that I see a more targeted ad. When I mess up and inappropriately share something on Facebook it is obvious to lots of people in my life. (And, of course, Facebook tends to vomit up some sort of privacy outrage every five months, so there is always the nagging worry that something one did share in a reasonable way is now being seen in a way one didn't intend under the old "rules of the road". While some people may care about privacy as an abstract first principle, I imagine many people are more concerned about the consequences of other people knowing something about them.

eof 14y ago
Point taken, it's not only an emotional reaction; I get that context based ads aren't the same as someone reading my email. I was really just making light of what is an obvious contradiction in my values. We would be naive to think that all google is doing is spam filtering and context-based ads. They are also giving up personal info thousands of times a year at government request, etc. The main thing is not owning my own data. Google owns my data and I am powerless, more or less, against them. When other companies own data I get all indignant about it; but rationalize it when it's Google.
- JEVLON 14y ago
  If you have an account you can delete everything (including your email), remove data from specific Google services, or adjust some of their ad targeting assumptions. I cannot remember how to get to the ad targeting settings, but you can find it if you need it.

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