Russia. But for the past decade and a half USA

Well, the *US* has an agreed upon expectation of privacy

The internet has changed that

I think the 4th amendment needs an update

Agreed. Just a blanket "right to privacy"

But I'm not sure what that entails nor do I want to be the person who does that.

But private companies should be able to do whatever they want and let the market figure out which ideas are good

But for that to happen the media needs to die and be reborn.

Oh, they found out what's good alright

It just happens that what's good for them, doesn't line up with what's good for us.

The Market needs the media to keep certain things in check.

Us, them. Eh?

Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft

Big data

Actions have consequences.

Nothing in life is free

People have forgot that.

This is a very cucked attitude, my friend

Like the Brits and their damn CCTV

Like the only one of those companies I'm truly scared of is Google/alphabet

*But it's a private company*

Just because there is a very good case to be made that it has a monopoly to access to the internet.

And that monopoly can't ever be broken up without the use of force. Aka the government.

Like my other problem is net neutrality and I don't actually know where I fall on that debate. Because again it's access to the internet b

What I don't like is the contract changes that happen on-the-fly, and wouldn't stand up in court under 'Reasonable expectations'

I mean I have a very small online profile

I mean Google still probably has a massive file on me.

One moment, you're enjoying a website that uses banner ads for income, the next, all the ads are gone, but your data is being sold to other companies, but you didn't agree because you 'signed' an older contract when you joined

I except these companies to do these things and I also understand why they do what they do.

@Shurik See, the average person DOESN'T expect that.

Greed and exploits of other humans is the default state of humanity

It doesn't mean we don't have a massive capacity for good. It's just our default state is not good. And it's much easier to slide down into evil than to do good.

We have contract law for a reason. If I'm living in a land of laws, I expect them to be enforced broadly.

If not, might as well not have it

Yes I want rule of law but some shitty behaviors shouldn't be illegal.

They should just be socially unacceptable.

Obviously that's not stopping anyone

This kind of data mining and exploitation should fall under the 2nd catagory. Though a good case could be made either way.

Google seems to have successfully privatized the communist revolution from the looks of it lol

Good for them.

It'll bite them in the ass soon enough assuming the government doesn't make them a monopoly.