Most people have absolutely zero idea how much data they put out there
As evidence, I’ve heard people talk about worrying their phone is listening to their conversations. It’s not that they don’t care about privacy, it’s that they don’t even know what’s possible. With all the data collection that is happening, the data brokers are already selling a dataset predicting that you are going to be shopping for new baby items and what types of manipulative tactics are likely to work on you well before you talk to your friend about it.
I also truly hate “family groups” where phones and accounts commonly associated with you get just pings on a topic to make you more malleable to the idea when you finally get the ads.
As evidence, I’ve heard people talk about worrying their phone is listening to their conversations. It’s not that they don’t care about privacy, it’s that they don’t even know what’s possible. With all the data collection that is happening, the data brokers are already selling a dataset predicting that you are going to be shopping for new baby items and what types of manipulative tactics are likely to work on you well before you talk to your friend about it.
I also truly hate “family groups” where phones and accounts commonly associated with you get just pings on a topic to make you more malleable to the idea when you finally get the ads.