RE: Data For Money
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The lack of awareness makes it so much easier for these platforms to spy on our data in the open and plain sight. Some websites make it mandatory to accept cookies, that's the thing that they throw on your face before seeing anything on their website. I've heard that even when the location is off on your device, they can still track your location and know where you at in real time. The system is all pervasive.
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This is wild. It’s actually the first time I’m hearing this. I think the reason most people don’t care about accepting cookies all the time is because they feel like there’s nothing on their phone worth stealing, so they accept anything and click any link.
Even I am guilty of accepting a lot of cookies sometimes because there are times I really need to see something on a website and like you mentioned, won’t be allowed to even get a glimpse of it without accepting those damn cookies.
Right. I think that's basically the mindset we approach it with, but this isn't always the case because anything about us can be used as a tool to manipulate us in all sorts of ways.
Same here too, it's a tactic we willingly fall into or accept :)