Hello Everyone,
We have been exposed to privacy related issues over the recent years, ever since the Snowden revelation. While we generally know how data/metadata can be used to build a social graph, suggest us ads based on what we searched or talked about. I would like to know how it is actually done?
In case of services that can access user’s data/metadata like Facebook, Google and E2EE services where only metadata is accessible (in varying amounts) (assuming E2EE is implemented properly so only data is accessible). And, we also have I have nothing to hide or I don’t care if they use my data to suggest ads people. How do we make them understand the real implications of privacy & security and how breach of that data/metadata can impact them now or in the future.
Any resources to read more on these issues would be much appreciated. I’m gathering & reading up on resources from my own search through blogs & other social media platforms. Would like to know the views of lemmy community members here.
What I usually say apart from the typical valid arguments is that most laws about privacy are from well before the Internet even existed, so they can’t be directly used. Companies know that, and there finally is some kind of legal response in Europe against Google and Facebook, which I hope will lead to more people being curious about this. If this is non issue, then why does the EU give a damn about it?
I get that argument, so only if the Governments are concerned about this and take action against these entities, will more people become curious?
I believe it can at least give a sense of credibility to the whole privacy issue. It kinds of invalidates the “tinfoil hats” argument when there are active legal cases ongoing. It’s not about a few individuals, it’s literally a new currency of people’s data.