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by paublyrne 3048 days ago
I don't think the answer is to put the onus on users to be tech savvy. We should be structurally preventing the behaviour.
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Why not both?

We can remind people that the internet is still a dangerous place, while also trying to discourage bad behaviour

By structural, you mean regulatory. I agree that data stewardship should be much better-regulated than it is now.

But right now I can install any number of tools on Google's own browser that mitigate most common tracking/privacy concerns. I don't necessarily agree that we need to increase government regulation to address a concern that a Chrome extension is already serving.