Originally Posted by haertig
The difference for me is the level of snooping. Wanting to know what I bought is one thing. Wanting to know how many hours a day I read, what page I am currently on, how fast I am reading, if I abandoned a book part way through, etc., is just creepy.
As an analogy, I would let a stranger take a picture of the outside of my house. People drive by and see my house all the time. It is not a secret. If you were out there 24x7 photographing every angle of my house, drawing sketches, taking notes - I might come out and question you. But a drive-by one-off picture? Have at it.
However, I would not let a stranger inside my house to take pictures of my bedroom. Even if they asked first, but especially if they tried to obscure what they were doing and snuck inside on their own. This is not because there is anything in my bedroom that could be used to harm me if a picture was taken of it. However, it's just too invasive. The fuzzy line of privacy has been crossed. It's creepy for someone to want to do that. Their motives would always be questionable, no mater how they tried to explain their interest in my bedroom.
How do I keep strangers with cameras out of my bedroom? I lock my doors. Many people don't lock their doors. But I do. Same things goes for unnecessarily registering things and agreeing to invasive data collection. Do that if you want. But I don't.
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