For example, when I advocate about privacy and data gathering from big tech companies, one of the most common I heard is “I don’ care, I have nothing to hide”. What else have you heard?

  • JSens1998@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The excuse I always hear is that they simply don’t care. It doesn’t negatively effect them so why should they care?

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    1 year ago

    Not an excuse, but an explanation: ignorance.

    Most people don’t know how ads or data collection works beyond the obvious uptick in a product after you search for it. They don’t know what impact it might have.

    Full disclosure: I’m mostly in this camp. I only recently started using firefox over chrome, for example. I know that big tech collects obscene amounts of data, and monetizes it by targeted advertisements, but…beyond that, I don’t know what FAANG can do with the data collected on me. I only have a vague idea of what’s being collected.

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    The excuse I always hear is that they simply don’t care. It doesn’t negatively effect them so why should they care?

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      1 year ago

      I hear this one too and honestly, it does negatively effect them, they just don’t see it because it feels like it’s always been there. But give them ad-block for a week and then take it away…

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        1 year ago

        Hi man! Just wanted to post my reply, to your reply, in a completely different thread. Just wanted to say

        /Thanks, mate! Appreciate the feedback, made my day!/