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gangbusters_dela t1_ixerwyd wrote

Reply to comment by bsd8andahalf_1 in Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook by phunky_1

Data mining is the wild west thanks to our useless politicians. Most people have no idea how much of their data is sold in this country.

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jakeandcupcakes t1_ixf9s4n wrote

The fact is most people don't give a fuck. A few weeks back I tried to explain all this shit to someone on reddit, and they just mocked me and said I was wasting their time. It's hopeless, when the average person doesn't give two shits about their privacy, well, what the fuck can you do? These people are imbeciles.

EDIT: Link to the comment chain conversation I had with a random redditor about why they should care about their privacy.

I see this chucklefucks sentiment all over the web and IRL. Morons will be the death of us all.

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Malaeveolent_Bunny t1_ixffsmk wrote

Last Week Tonight did a whole episode on privacy. It turned out people cared more when it was framed in terms of dick pics.

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Kenny__Loggins t1_ixffydx wrote

I just subjected myself to that thread you linked. What a fucking idiot. Pardon my French.

You put in a lot of effort and other people will benefit from it even if that guy won't.

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jakeandcupcakes t1_ixfiuvf wrote

Yep. Happens all the time. Fuck me for caring, right? I hope someone benifits from it, because I'm tired of trying to help. If you read a bit futher up in that comment chain, before I tried to engage him reasonably, you can probably envision exactly what this person looks like in your head. I saw a dimwitted face with dull eyes, the kind of egregiously stupid and vapid look you see in the eyes of people like Honey Boo Boo's mom.

If you've ever worked retail then you know exactly the kind of person this is; The Blanks. Only hint of life in their eyes is when their primal instincts are engaged with food, violence, or spending money on lotto tickets. I use to think they were just uneducated, and could use reason if only they knew what was going on, but some people really just don't give even a single fuck towards anything outside of their own self-serving actions and shortsighted immediate pleasures.

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raidenbckbckfwd t1_ixhz0ab wrote

The whole "you're dumb and/or are a loser for caring!" mentality is incredibly common, I think it's sort of a self defense mechanism against actually having to think about anything beyond where the next dopamine fix is coming from.

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AlsoElSpazzz t1_ixitmx3 wrote

Its the same anti-intillectual bent you see all over. They dont want to think, and they view people who do as some out group that looks down on them. Polticians know that and exploit it by renforcing their viewpoint and stoking more anger about it.

I try not to think about it because frankly, its too depressing.

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TheAb5traktion t1_ixfo251 wrote

I have rarely had a conversation with anyone who cares. Almost everyone I've had conversations with about privacy responds with "Well, I have nothing to hide" or "The information is out there anyways". People just do not care.

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finnerpeace t1_ixfneft wrote

True but still forget the idiots. We need the protections in place for those of us who aren't idiots. If a small amount of idiots can get as powerful as they clearly have with the NRA etc, we could surely assemble those who care and put up significant pressure.

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oxero t1_ixgfg0j wrote

I run into these types all the time. It's so sad how much education has failed, no one can see past the very thin membrane of any idea. It's like they can't even dig a little deeper about what that data can even do.

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sunflower_love t1_ixg92rn wrote

That commenter even said they didn't care if the government put a boot on your neck? What a frickin privileged idiot.

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Trague_Atreides t1_ixgf5kp wrote

I like that their defense was, 'I'm not a defiant, so why would I care?' Thereby completely missing the point of at least two of the paragraphs.

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jakeandcupcakes t1_ixmza00 wrote

I don't believe he actually read my, admittedly quite long, explanation in its entirety. I would say he skimmed a few paragraphs, saw something he didn't agree with, skipped the rest and went right into replying like the physical embodiment of a rotted drunken carrot.

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Stromaluski t1_ixhmx28 wrote

In my experience, it's not that they don't care. They (correctly) realize that there is absolutely nothing that they can do about it, so why bother being upset? That's how I feel and how a lot of my friends that I've talked about it with feel. I would 100% be in favor of privacy reform and would vote for it and all that, but I'm also not about to go live off the grid in the woods to protect myself from my data being sold.

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surferos505 t1_ixgcn1e wrote

My guy maybe don’t reply to the person with a fucking essay lmao. No one’s gonna read that shit

I got annoyed just seeing how long that reply was

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rift_in_the_warp t1_ixh4odb wrote

It's a shame memes have ruined generations from being able to process information not in silly graphical format.

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trollsong t1_ixfyu05 wrote

Oh please they can't "mine" data. The pick axe would damage the computer.

-aged as fuck politician

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Formergr t1_ixh66rx wrote

Not to mention the tubes would then start leaking, too.

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r2001uk t1_ixh7nbp wrote

Reminds me of the Zoolander scene. "The files are in the computer?"

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bsd8andahalf_1 t1_ixfyffe wrote

i once was going to download an app, but before i did the app privacy page showed where your data could go, and the list of companies was dozens and dozens of companies.

supposedly they didn't allow any personal identifying data to be transferred.

yeah, right.

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FngrsRpicks2 t1_ixf4oh0 wrote

Something like a 60 billion a year market? I mean, i know its more than oil at this point

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