Comment by jmward01
1 month ago
I had a discussion with someone that worked on some of google's ad stuff and he swore that this type of tracking wasn't in use there. I suspect that even within these companies they try to hide the level of tracking they engage in. The only way we are going to stop this is to hold companies accountable for the things that happen as a result of the data they collect. I don't care if it is sold, stolen or given away, if data that is collected by a company gets used inappropriately then the company that collected it should face consequences.
Yes. But what of the governments which take on the data too, allowing it to be collected, legalising collection, surreptitiously collecting it themselves?
All large corporate and governmental entities love the data. Industries (tech, finance, etc) and planned future governance (technocracy) are based on it.
So, it is baked into the plan that days will be collected. It's just whether the individual will know about it.
It's an often used quote, but because it bears keeping in mind: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
A look at data for how many people were aware the whole time during any scandal, and how often abuse and crime gets covered up or exploited instead of reported or opposed, will leave you with a very banal impression of malice. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
…Idk, companies are just groups of people. Maybe people also need stronger incentives to not let the "company" do antisocial things. At least the execs.
Maybe it's the companies that hide it. Maybe it's the people that lie to themselves. I'm sure they're smart enough; they can probably figure it out. At some point ignorance becomes wilful.