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I did not know the origin of the quote (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This is all in reference to the government.

Ask a person if they care about privacy from the government, you'll get most yes. Ask them if they care Google sells anonomized data about what they are searching for, and most won't give 2 fucks.

For most people they would be happy with strong protections from the government buying private data if they actually were presented the argument in a way they understood.

And that's why nobody listens to privacy advocates, this type of shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the only way to get privacy into the thick skulls of those that don't care is reminding them that one of the criminals can legally buy all that data in order to attempt scams or crimes against them. A very common scam in Brazil is the "cousin, my car broke and my phone died out, I need to pay the mechanic, can you do it for me?"

The other common buyer are robocallers.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nobody cares. Fraud is low. It doesn't affect people day to day. I think it's the other way around. Privacy experts need to stop screaming over this shit that doesn't actually affect most people. Your example doesn't even really use data, it just tricks them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

where is your data?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The ftc reported 10B in fraud. Let's assume it's under reported and it's 50B. That means .2% of the 26T USD economic output is fraudulent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

thats crazy, but how many people does that affect? idgaf about gdp you nerd.