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Originally Posted by MGlitch
[...] And perhaps you drew more of my attention on this than you really deserved, I've just seen one side insist the other must have ignorant members. While the other side has not demeaned the other at all.
I'm sure that in gross general terms there are people who are unaware of the situation, but I'm equally sure that there are people who are overly paranoid. However until those who are actually engaged in the debate demonstrate either of these qualities neither is worth bandying about.
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Certainly the word paranoia has been used, also needing to live in a cave, also posts indicating the desire for privacy is laughable. None of that was demeaning?
But I don't really care about that. I was more concerned with the idea that we have no choice, that if we want to be online at all then our privacy is lost completely. And one problem with this idea, besides being wrong, it doesn't have to be all or nothing, is that it alters how we might interpret the "don't care" response. Is it "I don't care enough to live off the grid", or is it "I don't care even if there are options that offer more control over my privacy", or some middle ground?
DiapDealer and a few others have indicated fairly clearly it is the latter, they like targeted advertising and are not concerned about the risks of abuse. But how widespread is? (Indeed, it begs the question of how useful targeted advertising actually is, but that's another discussion.)