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minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up105arrow-down1·4 days agoLike Google maps: we anonymize your data before selling it. So it leaves your address every morning and goes to your office every morning but it’s completely anonymous.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·4 days agoExactly. I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that Google’s clever privacy engineering isn’t enough to keep any of us safe. Google’s expectation that we be okay with these practices feels like corporate gaslighting, to me.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoHuh, it’s a good thing there is no way to easily determine who someone is from that information.
Like Google maps:
Exactly. I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that Google’s clever privacy engineering isn’t enough to keep any of us safe.
Google’s expectation that we be okay with these practices feels like corporate gaslighting, to me.
Huh, it’s a good thing there is no way to easily determine who someone is from that information.