An example, of which there are too many to even mention, of how something can be used for good or for evil. Life is full of difficult decisions and choices.
Maybe perversely, I have always resisted buying into tracking devices. Sure, I have a computer, but I block location access at every prompt and disable AI apps. I don't have a smart phone, but my low-grade flip phone has tracking turned off. No porch camera. I don't feel less safe or less plugged in, or inconvenienced. It's a lot less hassle. Guess I'm just a Contrarian :)
If people have not learned by now that there is NO such thing as personal data security, they never will.
Just merrily keep using Musk/Bezos/Zuckerberg/Thiel et al products and your personal data will be saved for all eternity.
Oh, and how could I possibly forget to mention Google. They are the best personal data collectors of all time, with Facebook being a close second.
Of course, all of them are wayyyyyyy behind the NSA.
An example, of which there are too many to even mention, of how something can be used for good or for evil. Life is full of difficult decisions and choices.
Privacy is an antique concept. Gone for decades...
Maybe perversely, I have always resisted buying into tracking devices. Sure, I have a computer, but I block location access at every prompt and disable AI apps. I don't have a smart phone, but my low-grade flip phone has tracking turned off. No porch camera. I don't feel less safe or less plugged in, or inconvenienced. It's a lot less hassle. Guess I'm just a Contrarian :)
They can still track your phone. They can see which cell phone towers it is pinging off.
Don't forget Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, the 24/7 microphones in many people's homes.
It is already being weaponized against women.
Here's a case out of Texas (of course) where cops were tracking down a woman for having a self-managed abortion: https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/
Police are using Flock cameras to stalk women: https://shepherdexpress.com/news/issue-of-the-month/i-told-you-so-flock-surveillance-technology-misused-by-police/
We essentially lost our privacy when we started using computers.