Re: Devils advocate (from the right side of the pond)
But since Americans are OK with everyone inspecting their $hit (government,
It's not just the USA who's ok with this. It's come down to anyone using FB, Google, et al. Other than techies, no one seems to give a crap what FB or Google knows about them and sells. They don't seem to get the concept that they are a product to be sold to the highest bidder.
The Internet is a very powerful tool for good and evil just because it is pretty wide open to all who use it. There's two generations who have grown up with the Internet as part of their lives and don't seem to care. Telling them I don't do FB and use other sites for search than Google is a mortal sin apparently and I should be burned at the stake for heresy. At some point, the populous will wake up to what they have lost, but it will be too late.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
