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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Google, Facebook and Apple (among others) probably know everything you do - where you go, how you spend your money, who you associate with, what's going in in your life - and literally track all your electronic life. That creeps me out.
The government knowing who calls whom, not so much. They have my whole medical history, employment, financial, residential, and family history. Pretty much the only thing they don't have is my DNA.
I think it is worth fighting about how an when people use data, but whether they get your data is akin to arguing whether they should be allowed to tax us. To me anyway. Today anyway.
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Agreed, I actually would be more worried about these corporations and the data they have.
However, there is one big difference. One can use privacy laws (and yes, I am aware they need serious updating) to strike back at these companies for the most part, if your information or privacy is being seriously violated.
If a government goes further and further down this path, there isn't going to be any court you would be able to go to to protect your rights.
Which is why people need to be vigilant now. But I am beginning to think people have had it too good for too long in NA and it's probably only going to take a major backslide for them to sit up and take notice.