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Originally Posted by Graham44
Sorry you read it that way, I honestly didn't mean it like that. The point I was trying to make (perhaps not in the best way) was this (I've had time to think how to word it properly) there seems to be two view points (with some shading in between) 1) They aren't collecting data you don't want them too and 2) They are collecting as much data as they can on you with or without your consent, obviously I fall into the second line of thought  Now me personally I would rather take the second view and be proven wrong because I haven't lost anything, what I was trying to get across (perhaps badly) is if you take the first point of view and it turns out you were wrong you stand to lose more than someone taken the second point of view and being wrong. As I've have said several times everyone makes up their own mind about what they think is the right thing to do. |
Having the second viewpoint doesn't necessarily mean I'll go on a crusade against big tech and stop using all their products. As I already said, convenience wins over privacy in some areas, for me and for many other people. Yes, we're aware they're collecting as much data as they can. But privacy isn't our first priority, or even the second or the third in many cases. In this we're different from you, obviously. That doesn't mean we're not aware of what we're doing, as you seem to hint in some of your posts.