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Originally Posted by DAEMANO

I understood your point. It still doesn't justify using, espousing, or defending giving my data to companies like FB & Google. The point that you're missing isn't so much that private data is out there. It's about which companies use that data to create a product out of you. About what companies use you as a primary monetization source. I gave my private data to the big three credit agencies years ago. They don't use that info to make a psychological profile of me, my friends, family and business constituents to sell me stuff and ideas. Big difference between the cable company, the lumber yard, Ft86club, and companies like Facebook/Google.

I'm not defending anything. Every company on the planet uses your private data as a product now. They all sell every scrap they get their hands on. The credit agencies absolutely sell your data.