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Comment by soraminazuki

5 days ago

Is it though? I don't think even rich individuals enjoy good privacy today. It's just that personal embarrassments cease to matter when you're rich and powerful.

There's a big difference between something you post intentionally that doesn't age well versus theZuckTracker5000(TM) that follows you every where you go on the internet without you explicitly consenting to it. There's a difference between showing people you went to suchandsuch location with suchandsuch friends doing suchandsuch that might only be legal in 28 states versus knowing exactly what you bought from where for how much and when. The graph you make with your posts is not the privacy being discussed. It is about the graph made by the invisible data paparazzi selling the most intimate and private bits of your life with whoever has the cash vs some paparazzi catching you in an unflattering situation from a mile away with a telephoto lens while you think you're having a private moment.

  • I know. What I'm saying is that I don't believe one can escape the network effect of the surveillance apparatus by being rich. What wealth and power can do, is make those who have it immune to the consequences.