this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
130 points (97.1% liked)

Privacy

33268 readers
738 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apple released a more user friendly version of this in 2021 https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Your_Data.pdf

I think it's safe to say that, at this point, most people know that their information is being sucked up. But very few care at all. Some of the people I've spoken with are actually in favor of being tracked because they find it beneficial and they want better ads. I don't know if this is a real desire for them or if they've been brainwashed.

The chance of your personal data being used against you is increasing every day. Leaks are happening all the time; largely from databases presumed to be more secure than an app on your phone. Still, relatively few people are really affected by this.

Please tell me otherwise but it seems that the worst thing the data collecting raised in this post could do is manipulate an algorithm to show you ads or social media content or other website content (most concerning, political propaganda).

That's to say, okay - this is weird but you have to tell people why they should care if you want them to raise concern. WHY is this "terrifying"? I mean, I can speculate but even the worst case scenarios I've told people about have barely raise an eyebrow.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 days ago

They "cared" when women needed abortions...

But in the same breath mock me for my hat being made of tinfoil 🤡