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Re:Privacy Is a Human Right by Valakas_ on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:46AM (#28999161)
Playing the devil's advocate here but there could be a good side. It can also help us buy things we didn't know we needed, bringing our unconscious forward and making us realise things about ourselves we didn't know. I wouldn't mind that, if only I knew only I had access to that information though.
Re:Privacy Is a Human Right by Levitz on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:03AM (#28999321)
>It can also help us buy things we didn't know we needed

It is remarkably difficult for such a thing to happen. Very little is needed and that that is tends to be rather obvious.

Re:Privacy Is a Human Right by adolph on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:06AM (#29000555)
In Maslov's model the volume of needs would probably graph to an ellipse instead of a triangle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

Re:Privacy Is a Human Right by lr4444lr on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:02AM (#28999295)
I think there's a clear distinction to make between clicking on links to other people's content - that's like walking into a store and the proprietor sharing his video footage of you in there with other vendors - vs. having your own personal expression (photos, personal sentiments, friend networks) shared without your consent.
Re:Privacy Is a Human Right by IanSanders on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:49AM (#28999182)
> It can also help us buy things we didn't know we needed, bringing our unconscious forward and making us realise things about ourselves we didn't know

There is no commercial incentive to do any of that

Re:Privacy Is a Human Right by dexterdog on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:01AM (#28999825)
Most commercial incentive I have witnessed is to do precisely that.