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by chronic71819
2464 days ago
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> Opt-out for GDPR is under 1%. Most people don't care at the moment, sadly. Correct. On top of that, many people on HN, aware of the privacy implications, continue to have a Google Home / Alexa in their homes. Myself included. Sadly, I (and many people) simply don't care about privacy. The probability/expected negatives of surveillance abuse is far less than the benefit of being able to turn my lights on and off with my voice. The US will for sure become like China in 10-20 years, with regards to surveillance. |
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I very much doubt it. It is one thing when a bunch of small and big companies collect pieces of data about you, and another when the centralized governmentt does it.
Also, it really matters what that data is used for. I would be hard-pressed to compare the onslaught of personalized ads with "disappearing" people who speak out against the government. Just look at US-related political posts on twitter. Why would you even need surveillance if people feel perfectly safe to publicly air out their negative feelings towards the government to a giant audience.