Quote:
Originally Posted by Zach
I was doing some reading on technology just now, and I ran across an article about this. Do you think we’re trading too much privacy for convenience? That’s what the article was pretty much talking about.
A lot of people willingly trade privacy for the ease of using services like Google Maps, smart assistants, and social media platforms. How many of y’all think the convenience is worth the potential risks?
|
This is what I do for a living so I deal with this daily. Yes, we are definitely trading too much privacy for convenience. The amount of information people can find out about you already, or that companies have about you, is downright scary. How many people just click "Accept all" to the popups about cookies that come up? Almost everybody, because if you don't, you have that annoying box there. If you click another option, you often end up knee deep in settings you don't even understand.
Same with apps on your phone. You accept all those permissions, tell it your location, etc. all the time because the app won't really work if you don't.