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People avoid thinking too much about things that are working as advertised. How many people wonder about how exactly their cars work or the global financial system works yet they are impacted by both of these. They may reserve curiosity for other things depending on their interests.

And here the problem begins, a lot of software engineers seem to conflate this disinterest to stupidity and think this gives them a right to do whatever they want with other people's data.

There is a fundamental lack of understanding and respect of other people rights and privacy and an easy dehumanization that is disconnected from human society and the evolution of fundamental rights like like the right to privacy. Regulation will catch up and eventually address this as more people become aware but is a troubling reflection of a large part of the software ecosystem.