People are becoming more and more apathetic to how their data is being collected and used, and I find that disturbing. With every addition to the tracking and sale of their data they act like it doesn’t matter; “what would they use my data for?”
What they would use your data for Link to heading Contrary to popular belief, your data matters to advertising companies like Google and Meta. Everything they do has gone far beyond just “advertising”, making that word too mild for our use case.
I think we’re well past people becoming apathetic to privacy concerns. Either they’re ignorant or they prefer the advantages.
You, along with everyone else sharing this soapbox, aren’t convincing anyone that their data privacy is a concern. Your example about using private communications against someone is becoming increasingly valid but the vast majority of people are going to ignore this until it’s too late. Maybe not even then.
If you haven’t heard about human beings before, they’re a species that rarely shows concern for their immediate future (never mind long term). If and when they do, they point at and blame the people whom they’ve elected to ensure pending catastrophic events don’t impede upon their freedom to be stupid.
Our reality is the frog in the pot of water. Things are happening at such a slow pace that we accept the incremental changes despite their known ramifications. Before you know it, the water is at a rolling boil but we’ve already subscribed to boil-proof clothing so we can enjoy the pleasure of the sauna.
I think we’re well past people becoming apathetic to privacy concerns. Either they’re ignorant or they prefer the advantages.
You, along with everyone else sharing this soapbox, aren’t convincing anyone that their data privacy is a concern. Your example about using private communications against someone is becoming increasingly valid but the vast majority of people are going to ignore this until it’s too late. Maybe not even then.
If you haven’t heard about human beings before, they’re a species that rarely shows concern for their immediate future (never mind long term). If and when they do, they point at and blame the people whom they’ve elected to ensure pending catastrophic events don’t impede upon their freedom to be stupid.
Our reality is the frog in the pot of water. Things are happening at such a slow pace that we accept the incremental changes despite their known ramifications. Before you know it, the water is at a rolling boil but we’ve already subscribed to boil-proof clothing so we can enjoy the pleasure of the sauna.
This is interesting, I will do a revision on my post. Thanks for sharing this.