Ahh but they weren’t told about it. They just put it together as demographic data. That’s NOT a HIPAA violation. That’s just big data being big data.
No. They won’t.
You keep spouting that cute little catch phrase. But you still haven’t put any thought into it. Privacy has been dead for over 50 years. And it ain’t coming back. You can catch phrase til you die, nothing is changing.
Who said I don’t believe in freedom. You make the mistake of thinking because I’m point out how things are, and how they WILL remain, means I’m for it. Just because I acknowledge the sun rises in the east doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like it to rise in the west. But I know reality is reality.
Who says I haven’t figured it out? Again, you ass-u-me while strongly avoiding bother to UNDERSTAND. You’re a Simpsons joke: old man yells at clouds. You’re whining that because I’m not yelling at the clouds that must mean I hate the sun. It doesn’t. It just means I know the clouds are going to do what they want.
The EU has put in all kinds of laws about private data. All it’s done is make the companies keep it anonymized well so you can’t easily say “well this is John Adams in London”. But it hasn’t changed their collection of data. And it hasn’t changed their ability to mail John Adams targeted ads. They’re just not putting his name on the mailings.
They are weak but better than what we have.
That doesn't mean that the current situation is permanent or can't be regulated with consumer friendly laws.
You start hitting abusers with massive fines or jail time and this will alter behavior.
Laws do alter behavior and the Data Brokers can be as clever as they want, if the penalties are significant enough they will curb some of the abuse.
How much loss of privacy is OK? Should Alexa be able to listen in to your bedroom activity and send you ad's for viagra or marriage counselors? How much abuse do you think people will put up with.
Why don't you go and make your arguments public, say in front of a Congressional hearing?
Think that would fly?
I would be willing to bet 99% of people would be on my side of the argument. You are depending on people's ignorance lasting forever to maintain the status quo.