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[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

2 in 10 Europeans are stupid and/or Chinese/American.

[–] scoobford@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 16 hours ago

I can't speak for the Chinese, but Americans don't trust American corporations with their data, we just don't really have an alternative.

I think this is an example of "20% of people will say literally anything as long as it goes against the majority."

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Well, why do 9/10 of said ppl give their data to US, (Korean, and) Chinese firms & not fight back harder?

It's not just phones needing your email, ppl will give access to their data for creating shitty AI shitteries that nobody needs.

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I could have told you that

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

This tells me 2 out of 10 are idiots.

[–] heartpunk25@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I don't either.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's hard to list places I would trust with my data. But yeah China is way way down on the list, even if you're a citizen they have 1.4 billion people to manage and if you get out of line they will not be kind.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago

I don't even trust myself with my data.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd trust Chinese companies more than the US at this point

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sigh

Both are horribly bad, you don't have to show your red flag at every opportunity y'know.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -3 points 19 hours ago

American companies want to know everything I do to control how I vote and bleed me dry of money

China wants me to draw a line on a map of Asia in their preferred way

[–] redsand 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Do you not know about the US infrastructure issues from using Chinese shit? Neifixable

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds less of a China problem and more of a "we went for the lowest possible bidder" problem

[–] redsand 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's very much also because China. Both governments have documented backdoors.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The USA has backdoored the majority of British Citizen's phones, including mine

[–] redsand 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever googled any Chinese phone brands? Like ever? China and the US are spying on you. They're both bad. It's that simple Starmer Jr.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 19 minutes ago

Just don't use a Chinese phone brand. Simple.