• Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Like Google maps:

    we anonymize your data before selling it. So it leaves your address every morning and goes to your office every morning but it’s completely anonymous.

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      4 days ago

      Exactly. I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that Google’s clever privacy engineering isn’t enough to keep any of us safe.

      Google’s expectation that we be okay with these practices feels like corporate gaslighting, to me.

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      3 days ago

      Huh, it’s a good thing there is no way to easily determine who someone is from that information.