The recent discussion of privacy is strangely fixated on a single device. I am an avid privacy monger but find it baffling that the media and public have latched onto this particular privacy concern.
I agree with this. But what I do like is that all the media play is at least making people pay more attention to the overall issues - especially with location data. Awareness is a Good Thing.
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Originally Posted by dfiler
Browser, search, and purchasing history are a far bigger concern. Access to personal email, documents and photos makes location data trivial in comparison. But I guess that wouldn't be as "new" seeming on the nightly news.
Sheep! We're surrounded my impressionable sheep!
And you're absolutely right about browser, search and purchasing history being bigger concerns. Google really does know more about most people than they know themselves, and that should worry people a lot more than it appears to be right now. Much of this tracking and profile building can be avoided, but it takes a bit of effort, and in some cases more tech knowhow than the average Joe/Jane has.
Speaking of which, have you tried DuckDuckGo? I didn't even know about it until a few days ago; I've been using StartPage, which is quite good. But duckduckgo's Privacy Policy's Illustrated Guide is hilarious. Has anyone else tried duckduckgo?
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The recent discussion of privacy is strangely fixated on a single device. I am an avid privacy monger but find it baffling that the media and public have latched onto this particular privacy concern.
I agree with this. But what I do like is that all the media play is at least making people pay more attention to the overall issues - especially with location data. Awareness is a Good Thing.
Browser, search, and purchasing history are a far bigger concern. Access to personal email, documents and photos makes location data trivial in comparison. But I guess that wouldn't be as "new" seeming on the nightly news.
Sheep! We're surrounded my impressionable sheep!
And you're absolutely right about browser, search and purchasing history being bigger concerns. Google really does know more about most people than they know themselves, and that should worry people a lot more than it appears to be right now. Much of this tracking and profile building can be avoided, but it takes a bit of effort, and in some cases more tech knowhow than the average Joe/Jane has.
Speaking of which, have you tried DuckDuckGo? I didn't even know about it until a few days ago; I've been using StartPage, which is quite good. But duckduckgo's Privacy Policy's Illustrated Guide is hilarious. Has anyone else tried duckduckgo?