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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
In the end, I'm not pro-being spied on. But then I do use Facebook, GoodReads, Amazon, Gmail and a cell phone. Those things pump out way more personal information than what has been implied to be collected by this thing.
A voluntary bit of javascript in a free advance readers copy that has to be activated manually feels pretty small-fry.
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Well, sure, this particular case could be described as small-fry. But it's symptomatic of a larger trend. And if a person is not in favor of being spied upon, then why voluntarily participate? It just encourages them.