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Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by ekianjo on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:30PM (#20944333)
You cannot escape it completely but you can certainly reduce your exposure. I don't think the parent was talking in binary terms.
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by mjparrott on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:48PM (#20946418)
Each year you can do less and less to limit your exposure. That argument will not old up over time. When IOT and 5G puts more devices online all of these things can be used for surveillance. This argument is not fair or realistic when looking forward a year or two.
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by wwweston on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:54PM (#20945679)
This is essentially true of government surveillance as well. Not really a surprise, since most modern state surveillance issues are essentially about ways in which private and public/state power cooperate.

The overarching point is that it's naive to consider issues of privacy particularly distinct in the public or private sphere. Neither market nor political power are trivial to escape (and they have other things in common). Individual opt-outs will only get you so far from either a Google scale or state scale operation.