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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Simply because you chose to "hang your ass out online" doesn't mean everyone chooses to, and each and every single instance remains a multiple to the risk of your personal data being compromised. Some of us are perfectly aware of the issues, despite what I'm afraid I can only call propaganda otherwise.
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My point was that you don't have the choice anymore, whether or not you carefully read each EULA or Privacy notice. The information about you is already out there and is constantly being built upon. So it's not a matter of "hanging my ass out online", which I don't do, by the way. I take sensible precautions with my identity and personal information online. But I realize that everytime I make an online purchase or use a credit/debit card - since I'm using my real identity - that's another bit of data added to whatever record exists on me.
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Look: Overly broad privacy policies are, in general, a warning sign, and it costs very little for a company to fix them. There is nothing in the Amazon Kindle user agreement which states that they only store information about items they've sold you, if they can only technically do that, then why not put that in the user agreement?
It's hardly a moot point for anyone who's even marginally sensitive to privacy issues in general. It's a great way for a company to show their cooperation with the community, for starters, by having a sensible and limited privacy policy!
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They don't say that they are accessing other information either, do they? So the presumption can go either way. Sorry, but even if a company says they are keeping everything private and safe, I just take it to mean that at that moment everything is private and safe. I don't extrapolate that that situation will be the same six months from now.
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So do you respond to unsubscribe addresses on spam? I mean, by your reasoning you shouldn't be worried about doing so.
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No, that's not my reasoning. It's a matter of choosing winnable battles rather than banging my head against the wall. I don't see spam because of spam filters. I also use throwaway email addresses that I never check.