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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 1 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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sureglymop ◴[02 Feb 25 18:41 UTC] No.42910673[source]▶
A while ago a co worker told me "why would you care about your privacy? all my data is already out there anyway and what can even be done with it anyway".

What would be the ideal response to such an absurd comment? At the time I found it hard to answer because she surprised me with that opinion.

Edit to note: the explanation should be compatible with a professional context. I don't want to scare my co workers or appear crazy/paranoid.

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1. JW_00000 ◴[02 Feb 25 19:43 UTC] No.42911144[source]▶
See https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1drrjtu/i_dont_have_....

My examples:

- You get an HIV diagnosis (or other terrible disease). Do you want everyone you meet to know?

- You feel depressed or burnt out. Should your employer know?

- You're financially in a bad place. Do you want your kids to know? Do you want your kids' friends to know?

- Do you share your salary with everyone?

- If someone's gay, should this be public information?

- Should your religion be public? Your political points of view?