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Originally Posted by gmw
I agree that it would be somewhat irrational to worry about one and not the others. As I indicated in a post much earlier in the thread, I try to make a habit of minimal sharing (even/especially on my phone). eg: almost no site truly needs a date of birth, so don't ask me for it, and if you insist don't be surprised when I lie. Etc. etc. for all the myriad other things that many sites want to know out of a sort of habit/reflex rather than real need*.
* I'm in the business of building databases for businesses, so I know just how much crap some businesses store versus how little of it they actually need and use. I mean, at least when Google and Amazon take your data they will make active [ab]use of it, many smaller businesses just hoard it while waiting to be hacked.
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Compared to what people share on social media of their own free will, most other data is pretty small fry.
I don't use social media. That's some minimal sharing right there. As to the rest, I need to live, and I want to live comfortably. Speed and convenience are more important to me than total privacy. I would never use cash and shop only in physical stores, for example. Many books I want to read come with DRM, which requires registering. And so on. I'm not the type to make my life more difficult on account of principles. So I use Google, Amazon, Microsoft etc., because their services are good, fast and convenient. And I prioritize that over privacy.