| > I feel like they are good stewards of my data (encrypting even internal traffic...) I hate it when people use this as an argument against "Google invading privacy", it's an argument that doesn't make any sense at all;
Encrypting your data in transit prevents outsiders from reading your data, obviously it doesn't prevent Google itself from accessing your data. This article is about how Google (and FB, etc.) invades everyone's privacy (even non-customers). > To me, the cost of being google's product, is outweighed by what they provide me with This can also be achieved without invading your privacy.
Google should at least let people CHOOSE whether they want to use their products at the cost of privacy. Currently you cannot choose, your data is simply collected, even when browsing websites totally unrelated to Google, where people are absolutely unaware of Google tracking them. PS.
This guy is awesome, he has had success fighting against Facebook, for privacy (in Europe): https://twitter.com/maxschrems/status/957236189853085696 https://noyb.eu/ |
Why should they let us do that? No other company is doing that. It's a tacit agreement between providers of free-to-use services and the people who choose to use them: the more personal data you give, the more you receive. If a company has a very good offering or is currently trending, they can even demand your phone number, credit card number (of course you can cancel the service anytime, but they will have a strong verification of your real name then) or even your passport/driver's license. We all came to accept that as a given, nobody questions these practices any longer. It's as if people collectively just stopped giving a damn about their privacy.