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Feeling like Privacy is a lost war. (self.privacy)

submitted 2 years ago by beefpeach to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)

Ran Optery and found out that over 80 data brokers have my legit new address already.

Feeling like privacy is just some kind of wet dream at the moment. I do everything right, I think but no matter what the 4 companies I have given my information too will constantly sell my personal data no matter what.

It’s truly sad the direction America is going towards, all for some more money.

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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

There's a natural amount of privacy loss that comes from an expanding human population, the invention of society, people congregating in cities, etc.

Communication technology is going to accelerate that.

The problem isn't that you've lost your privacy, the problem is you don't know who has information about you or what they're doing with that info. So privacy for them but not for you. Unequal power relationships between ostensibly equal people (adult humans with functional faculties) lead to strife and often abuse.

If these data brokers had to publish everything they collect, to whom they sell it, for how much, and if the buyers had to publish how they use it, I think there would be an eventual balance struck that could be acceptable.

As it stands since we're still in the wild west phase of "you are the product," it's really shitty.