The Vile Trend of Privacy

The plethora of privacy-focused ads that Big Tech has been beating into the consumers focus as of late does not change my sheepish opinion whatsoever. They are doing this because they must; privacy is front and center these days in the tech world, and rightfully so. But that doesn’t mean I have to trust Google or Facebook when they tell me that they’ve got my back. Someone sent me an email they received from Google a few months ago which highlighted new changes in the way information is handled and a promise to allow the customer a better understanding as to what happens to provided data. I couldn’t help but laugh. The veil is glaring; the veil is trendy. The veil is occurring because Americans are further becoming acquainted with the idea of data when the daily attack from elsewhere in the world occurs and personal information is leaked. Don’t worry, though! That won’t happen here. But it will. It always does. Our information is vulnerable. Don’t fall for the manipulation. I know the services are convenient and user friendly and better than the rest. I understand the convenience of Google Docs. But they are taking everything from you.

Maybe instead of a focus on an external threat, an internal menace can be realized. Don’t worry! We won’t sell your information to third parties, we will just harvest it and exploit it ourselves.