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[–] sailsperson@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago (11 children)

If you don't mind such things one bit, would you mind sharing with all of here all of the following:

  • your physical address (preferably in the format that would let anyone of us send you whatever we desire)
  • your age
  • your full legal name
  • your phone number that you use most often
  • your school
  • your work (its address, your title, company, etc)
  • your income
  • your expenses
  • the stores you go to and what for, also when and how often
  • your hometown
  • your pet names
  • your mother's maiden name
  • your bank of choice
  • what tech you own in detail
  • your schedule
  • your search history
  • your browser bookmarks

And many other things, too. Somehow I doubt you'd ever do that, but you're fine trusting this kind of data to be handed away to many corporations for absolutely no benefit on your end. They'll just sell it for cash money, only to be bought by con-artsists to try and scam you out of something later.

I mean being a contempt consumer is one thing, but defending some entities hoarding more data about you than your entire family knows is just delusional. Especially given the fact that you are most likely more careful with your data in other circumstances, like talking to strangers or using the Internet for at least some things, but then you defend careless and irresponsible handling of your data when it comes to what, mobile apps?

You should really learn more on the topic.

[–] Forcma@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If you were a faceless algorithm yhea I wouldn’t mind, I’m giving my address and information to plenty of companies I get services from. Those false equivalences are why people don’t take you seriously.

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