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Re:We're Sleepwalking into a Surveillance State by ken on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:01AM (#22127552)
Can you explain the mechanism? All I see is an excuse to show more ads. I can't name a single way that being digitally tracked improves my "productivity" or "quality of life".
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Re:We're Sleepwalking into a Surveillance State by mindfulhack on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:40PM (#22132460)
Two common examples (among many more):

- Google Maps in saving a great deal of time when travelling from one physical location to another.

- Google News, in Google serving me up information I legitimately want to know, only because it tracks so much of the activity I'm doing online. This actually helps my productivity, it relates back to my line of work.

The list goes on. Full and meaningful participation in society in 2020 requires being tracked.

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