Comment by brookst
6 days ago
Any evidence for “almost certainly”? That seems a huge leap of faith to build a whole worldview on. Kind of circular, really.
6 days ago
Any evidence for “almost certainly”? That seems a huge leap of faith to build a whole worldview on. Kind of circular, really.
Yes, virtually every commercial application I've ever seen allows exfiltration of data, usually close to all of it, and you agree to it by signing both an EULA and privacy policy.
Based off of that, I then assume that other companies are exfiltrating as much data as possible off my devices.
I mean, even your car, which, keep in mind, is a multi-tens-of-thousands dollar product, exfiltrates your location, all your texts, all your phone calls, and as much data from your phone as possible.
Yes, this is a "leap of faith". I am not bound by a purely evidence-based worldview - I consider that naivety. I do not need strong irrefutable evidence of bad things happening. When people are untrustworthy, I approach them with skepticism in order to protect myself.
For example, I have absolutely no proof that the NSA is surveilling SMS and telephony right now. None at all. But I know Prism was a thing. It is safe to assume the NSA is absolutely surveilling SMS and telephony.
And, I'm almost always right, in my experience.
Well, I certainly admire the circular reasoning pride movement. I’ll buy a t-shirt if you make one.
Firstly, I don't believe that you require proof to believe the things you do. Yes, I am calling you a liar. You have noticed patterns, and make assumptions every day. Every functional human being does.
I don't need proof that some random man is a mugger to know to put my phone in my pocket and walk quickly at 3 AM. This is what I mean when I say your mentality here is naive - how many times do you need to get mugged to learn?
And, secondly, even if you DO require proof, this is an incredibly inefficient way to live. If you require proof for everything, you wouldn't be able to get much done. You'll be sitting around waiting, or searching. Sometimes, it's faster to assume, if your assumption is good.