General Why do we allow this?

[sparkuri]

@Belobog Sleeps with a copy of the Communist Manifesto under his pillow. That was his sarcasm against red-blooded American Patriot capitalists.

This.
@Belobog think capitalism is the root of all evil, rather than greed which manifests across all ism's.

Belobog is actually the name of Satan's 4th in charge of the lungs of hell fwiw.

 

[jason73]

I'm okay with this if the data doesn't leave the control of the company whose services I am using. Google knows everything about me and uses this information to sell targeted ads. The companies buying the ads don't actually get the data, just the use of Google's targeting services. Where I have a problem is when my data is sold to a third-party. This should not be allowed without consent.

Trump signs measure to let ISPs sell your data without consent

Republicans will say they removed this regulation because it treated web services and ISPs differently. I agree that the rule wasn't perfect, but they definitely went the wrong direction in altering it. After that fake rationalization we won't see any further protection in this area from the current administration.

 

[1031]

@Belobog Sleeps with a copy of the Communist Manifesto under his pillow. That was his sarcasm against red-blooded American Patriot capitalists.


I don't actually find those things in the OP alarming. Every one of them is needed for services that we as consumers request and use...

Save passwords
Auto fill
Auto connect wifi
Instant pay without pulling out credit card
Relevant ads instead of random ads
Instant messenger peer to peer file transfer

Where's the connection to what I wrote?

 

[Deleted member 1]

Where's the connection to what I wrote?

whether or not you're serious, I

@Belobog Sleeps with a copy of the Communist Manifesto under his pillow. That was his sarcasm against red-blooded American Patriot capitalists.

 

[1031]

muchos gracias
I didn't understand how the @ works, I thought/think it directs the comments at someone, now it makes sense.
I don't know if I agree with you, but it's clear.

 

[Leigh]

Of course I read it. They're obfuscating the necessity of collection under the guise of application support when in reality they're collecting everything they legally can to sell to interested third parties.

Big Data and Data Analytics Solutions | Microsoft

You might be right but the fact remains that they need permission to use your data to provide their services. Can't transmit an email if they don't have access to the email. It's like posting a letter but refusing to give the address to the postman.