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It doesn't matter, it's a breach of my privacy regardless of what they use it for.

• justinpaulson 12y ago
  Well I think giving out information to a company over the internet isn't really privacy. They aren't collecting any information that you aren't freely giving up. So I think the debate is really skewing what the term "privacy" means. No one is breaking into your computer and finding out what is in your private files, they are just collecting data you are openly giving out. Your public record.
  • Nursie 12y ago
    >>They aren't collecting any information that you aren't freely giving up They don't present a choice. Most non-tech people don't have a clue they're being recorded. Especially not that they're being recorded in great detail across multiple sites so that advertisers and marketers (many of whom have exceedingly questionable ethics anyway) can target them better. It may be semi-public, but its also done secretively and without permission. If someone followed you out of your house and took a note of every shop window you looked at, every book you picked up, everything you did, would you be happy? There is some expectation of privacy even in public spaces. The balance has not yet been struck properly with the net yet. For now the technology is just making it easier to violate.