Re:Google – My Activity
by JohnFen on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:40PM
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> Yeah, Google knows everything about me. C'est la vie. At least it's useful.
And that's fine. If you find being tracked to be useful and good, then I have no problem with you being able to do that.
But those of us who don't want it should be able to avoid it as well.
> What exactly is the threat model that everyone is operating under which prompts all the comments here?
I'm not sure what you mean by threat model here. But, at its core, the issue for me is that companies like Google collect data about me without my consent. That's just straight-up immoral and unethical.
Would I consent to having some data collected about me in exchange for some service? Sure, depending on the data and service. But it has to be my choice -- in other words, it has to be opt-in and I have to be correctly and completely informed of what's going to happen with my data.
And that's fine. If you find being tracked to be useful and good, then I have no problem with you being able to do that.
But those of us who don't want it should be able to avoid it as well.
> What exactly is the threat model that everyone is operating under which prompts all the comments here?
I'm not sure what you mean by threat model here. But, at its core, the issue for me is that companies like Google collect data about me without my consent. That's just straight-up immoral and unethical.
Would I consent to having some data collected about me in exchange for some service? Sure, depending on the data and service. But it has to be my choice -- in other words, it has to be opt-in and I have to be correctly and completely informed of what's going to happen with my data.