Re:AMA: We're the Researchers who looked into the privacy of...
by wintermutestwin on Thursday September 21, 2023 @03:44PM
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>"Why should we care?" That isn't a popular question in communities like HN, but it is how the average person thinks.
This is an oft repeated sentiment that really needs to be questioned. And I don't mean by posting some survey where the questioning is as nebulous as the privacy policies and EULAs that the average person is manipulated into accepting without a clear understanding of the implications.
My one piece of counter data today is that I was at the gym and saw a TV commercial for DuckDuckGo that was painting Google for the privacy thieves that they are.
Daytime TV is a demographic of boomer average users. DDG is actually paying for airtime to target them with a value prop of "we don't invade your privacy like this big thug over here does."
Maybe there is a sea change coming and we might soon see what average people think about how much value they put on their privacy.
This is an oft repeated sentiment that really needs to be questioned. And I don't mean by posting some survey where the questioning is as nebulous as the privacy policies and EULAs that the average person is manipulated into accepting without a clear understanding of the implications.
My one piece of counter data today is that I was at the gym and saw a TV commercial for DuckDuckGo that was painting Google for the privacy thieves that they are.
Daytime TV is a demographic of boomer average users. DDG is actually paying for airtime to target them with a value prop of "we don't invade your privacy like this big thug over here does."
Maybe there is a sea change coming and we might soon see what average people think about how much value they put on their privacy.