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As a paranoid would say: that's what they want you to believe. Now that people are learning about how companies use their data in dubious ways (and they can't
by dictum 14y ago
As a paranoid would say: that's what they want you to believe.
Now that people are learning about how companies use their data in dubious ways (and they can't deny it, only PR-speak it), it's in their best interest to twist the narrative so that people believe that they now have no agency—that everyone is being tracked all the time, and that there's no way to escape that.
Why? Because if you think there's no way around it, you just give up and eventually stop worrying about being tracked and analyzed. Since you no longer care, you give up on blocking tools, and most importantly for them: you give up on trying to find alternative companies that respect your privacy.
- acabal 14y agoPerhaps, but there is a kernel of truth in what the parent comment says. As long as an IP address can be associated to an undeniable identifier, like an address, credit card, SSN, etc., your identity and activity can ultimately be tracked. Perhaps not by Google, but by your ISP and thus the government who can coerce that ISP, or by business partners your ISP sells that information to. The buck has to stop somewhere--and it stops at what packets your ISP handles, and thus has the ability to inspect, on your IP address's behalf.
- notlisted 14y agoThis might open your eyes a little: http://www.propublica.org/article/everything-we-know-about-what-data-brokers-know-about-you http://www.propublica.org/article/everything-we-know-about-w...