02-16-2024, 11:09 PM
(02-16-2024, 01:34 PM)Maxmars Wrote: I agree that many fail to understand just how exposed their information is (financial or otherwise.) But I tend to align with the preoccupation that the matter has not become "What do they know of me?" but instead "How can they use that information?" It was one thing to accept that we are naked to faceless authorities... it's entirely another to accept that they can "act" on that information on an immediate impulse in a destructive way.
I remember back in the late 80's and 90's when I was telling people "Don't bother sweating about government entities spying on you..., that boat has already sailed, and you missed it." I remember when it wasn't much of an issue until oversight-free politicians successfully infiltrated the apparatus... which meant their 'sponsors' could now acquire and 'play' with the data. And here we are.
I'm not as worried about the politicians as I am annoyed about advertisers. We just (today) got a scam offer to get some "Important Gub'ment Documentz" (not their spelling) for a fee of $90. Turns out that these documents are rarely needed and if you do need them the government will supply them for a nominal copying fee.
They got THAT from a loan that we'd finished paying off.
I think the real issue is that it's exhausting to keep up with all of this.
