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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
I get exactly that clear, fear not. I simply don't see why (too keep your analogy) every candyshop and his cousin, the barber shall have the right to log me.
and maybe somebody else (let us keep the example running), by combining logs find out that I let's say, always go gettin drunk with chockolade-icecream on advocaat, when my next former SO leaves, because I order them regularely en masse only when I stop ordering condoms?
All this person d' have to do would be drawing conclusions from checking 2! databases only. what could somebody do checking 2 scores of them?
I'm not keen to find that out... but harvesting e.g. facebook (which I avoid like plague) would look like a toy compared to that - and no I just don't sign in option
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Fine, let's run this example.
You don't live in the U.S., I gather. So you're not living in a country where all the stores already share information, whether you ask them to or not, whether you tell them not to or not. You're not living in a country where those stores already pore through those databases on a regular basis, and by now know all the products I buy, where I buy them, and can make educated guesses about how I use them. (And anyone making those guesses is surely laughing his @$$ off at how pathetic a human being I am.)
Then they take all that information and target me, whereas they try to send me a catalog. Most are foiled by my being signed up through Catalog Choice to remove me from their mailing lists. So they try to call me. Most are foiled by my being signed up through the DoNotCall registry to remove me from their phone lists. So they send me emails. Which I delete.
So, I'm already in a world that is "attacking me" in the same way you fear they would attack you. The only response I have to mount is to hit my delete button... problem solved.
And am I worried about other entities? My government, for instance? They can't tie their own showlaces without busting the federal budget; they sure as hell don't have the resources to spy on me. That's the reality of the situation. And I'll bet it's the reality in your country, too.
Your concerns about commercial spying on individuals are unrealistic, overblown and paranoid. Fear of these overblown and paranoid concerns are being used as an excuse to block legitimate businesspeople like myself from doing effective business and protecting myself from loss through theft and infringement. And it's doing more damage to independent businesspeople than to major publishers.
So, speaking for the independent authors out there:
Thanks loads.
Should we try another example? Or can we get back on topic?