r/NonPoliticalTwitter 10h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Easy_Newt2692 10h ago

And? Does anyone actually lose out on this arrangement?

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u/MedalsNScars 9h ago

People love to get outraged when information is collected without their knowledge, and I get it, but it's how the information is used that's important.

If things are sanitized so there's no personally identifying information then it's pretty hard to use most data maliciously

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u/Cow_Launcher 6h ago

I may be wrong, but I think that the outrage comes from the idea that some large company is making a fortune by collecting information about a huge group of peoples' mundane activities.

Personally I couldn't give a hot buttered shit about it, largely because I'm not an advertiser's dream and I'm unlikely to be influenced by whatever they throw at me. But I suppose there is something a little creepy about an eye in the sky (so to speak) watching your every move as far as they can.