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this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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Until there's a massive leak of credit card data from a single incident, nothing will change.
Women I knew started to care when I showed them articles about how google and meta knew their menstrual cycles, and reported on searches about abortions to law emfprcemt
possibly never going to happen
People never read, just click the accept button.
Everyone knows it, it was even on S06E01 of Black Mirror.
Consumerist pigs don't care about literally anything past their own consumption and comforts.
People literally don't care about their privacy. Anything that is raised regarding tracking is classified as being paranoid and you become a weirdo.
"I have nothing to hide"
People just want to use the app, like on TikTok "China is spying you, it will be blocked" many started to looking for VPNs to unblock the app.
We (i.e. those of us who work in the industry and care about such things) really need to work on messaging to get through to normal people.
For instance, people are genuinely freaked out at the idea of Facebook listening to them through their phones. It really hits a nerve. Now that isn't happening, but what is happening is even worse. Facebook are able to predict your behaviour, your thoughts, so well that it gives the illusion that they're listening to you. They've spent decades training their models on your behaviour, your content, both on their website and across the entire web and beyond. And they've fucking nailed it.
That's far far more scary than them listening to you. They know things about you that you don't even say out loud. It's terrifying.
I'm an average Joe and try to minimize my digital footprint as much as convenience allows, but keep seeing people say that this is paranoia and doesn't matter.