In that case, I'm curious whether you use a smart phone (iOS/Android) and whether you've read all those documents too. That's typically a much higher-value product.

Also, recall that I said that a certain level of knowledge/understanding is required to even understand the basics.

> "I pretty much refuse to use device+service combos like the one here."

Could you elaborate why? Onerous T&Cs? No control of data? Don't care about such analytics?

My problem with how things are developing is that we end up in a world where either you resign yourself to the fact that you're constantly being data-mined or you become a digital hermit. There's very little that allows you to engage and retain control (without becoming a sysadmin).

I have an Android tablet, but not a smart phone. I'm not hugely careful with what I stick on there, but I think I've only shared my contacts with stuff like Hangouts and Skype (where the explicit purpose of the app is to contact people). I increasingly leave my cell phone sitting at home (mostly because I don't care about being reachable, not because I'm worried about network location pings). I take it with me if I'm going to be away for more than a couple hours.

As far as not using analytics, it's a combination of not caring (as an example, I run (maybe I should say jog?) regularly but don't time myself) and distaste over the way the data is managed.