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Originally Posted by BWinmill
A couple of points:
One is that common sense isn't something that everyone has about everything. Believe it or not, many people either don't know that they shouldn't be giving out certain information. To give you an example: I work in a place that requires us to hold onto a customer's photo identification. Sometimes people don't have any on them, so they try to use their credit card. They simply don't realize that most credit cards include enough information on them to conduct fraudulent transactions.
The second point kinda ties into the first. Even a person who is quite dilligent about not handing over personal information may be unaware that they are inadvertently handing over personal information when using certain software or online services. A phone's a phone. A game's a game. Why should playing a game on your phone tell the game publisher where you live? It may not do so directly, but they can certainly infer where you live based upon your geolocation data. In many cases they can make a good guess as to who you are based upon cross referencing with other databases (e.g. phone directories). Get the right types of data, and you can actually tell a fair bit about a person.
So no, it's not a matter of common sense.
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Sorry but what you just talked about IS common sense and if you can't take the time to learn/figure out what might be a security risk, that is YOUR fault not anyone elses. Where is it written or mandated that you HAVE to purchase or play a game on your cell phone, or use a computer? What did you do before the cell phone/computer existed? Go back to doing that. There are tons of old people who aren't interested in using these new fangled devices and still doing it the old way and getting by just fine. My mom and aunt were two of them.
If you are going to step into the current century and use current technology, then take/make the time to learn about it and the risks/rewards that if offers.
Stop expecting the govt. or other people to do your thinking for you.
Here is another example for you.
I worked with a woman who "didn't have time" to balance her check book. She was supposedly too busy working a second job or going to church to be bothered. Well one time she over drew her account and wanted to blame the bank!
I pointed out to her that God wasn't going to balance her check book and if she could take the time to write out her checks at work at the beginning of the month, then she could take the time to balance her check book as well.
Guess what? She started balancing her check book.
Everyone always looks to point the finger at someone else for their stupidity or laziness or want the govt. to create legislation to fix it for them. A little common sense will fix most of it without blaming someone else or legislation.