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ervaqre schreef op 28-12-2014 16:57:
>>> What's the advantage of Facebook? Would it add anything of value to my
>>> life? Why would I venture out into the world of http to go to a
>>> website owned by a company that is notorious for tracking and
>>> profiling its users? And I am sure they have policies about what you
>>> can and cannot say. That wouldn't work for me.
>>>
>>> I hate social networks. I am not social.
>>>
>> I must admit to the latter myself. Unusually for Aglami, Reinder's
>> little rant that probably got his head as red as his haw strip filled
>> nose is unpleasantly accurate. I too have great misgivings about how
>> Facecook uses it's users. Weirdly I have far less apprehension about
>> Google. Even though they know much more about me, I suppose.
>
> I used to tolerate Google. It wasn't until they started asking me to
> sign up for Google+ that I started shouting at the screen like an
> angry maniac on a regular basis.

I did the Google+ thing voluntarily. I also voluntarily kicked it out. 
I've made it so that the Youtube comments you needed Google+ for or at 
least some google account, don't even show up. Also as a shouting like 
an angry maniac prevention scheme.

> On a totally serious note, I am more afraid of governments tracking
> and profiling internet users than companies doing this. Of course,
> this does not mean I am eager to hand over my personal information to
> companies. After all, governments do have the power to confiscate
> whatever information they want from companies.

The possible exemptions are what freak me out. Everyone is a suspect and 
needs to be checked. Except government institutions and officials, for 
instance. Otherwise this could be misused...

> In some countries this is easier done than in others. I live in a
> country where it is very easy for the government to obtain information
> about its internet users. And if you're caught saying negative things
> about the government, you can be sent to a concentration camp for up
> to three years without trial. This is not a description of some
> bizarre future dystopia, but rather the the grim reality for hundreds
> of millions of people.

 From what I've heard saying negative things isn't even the main focus. 
Any call to action, even a pro government rally, is unwanted. And who 
could want mere citizens taking any action?

> Living in a totalitarian communist dictatorship might make me more
> aware of the dangers of being tracked and profiled, but it just
> surprises me how little most people seem to care about these
> practices. They are too naive to realize that laws, countries and
> governments can change for the worse.
>
But that just means they feel the same there like most people do over 
here. I'm waiting for the generation of politicians that gets badgered 
with the stupid things they once said on facebook or some other social 
network.

-- 
Danny.