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.
And it has accomplished NOTHING. All the data is still there. All the demographic analysis is still there. All the targeted ads still work.
Oh no. The situation is VERY permanent. As I’ve pointed out to you already. Multiple times. But you can’t be bothered to listen. This data is just too useful for businesses. They WILL collect it.
They alter behavior, but only in that they figure out how to still get what they want.
We have ZERO privacy. We have had ZERO privacy for probably longer than you’ve been alive. If you buy an Alexa you know the purpose of Alexa and you have accepted that as part of your life.
Congress, much like Google, doesn’t care what I say. But if they actually wanted me to talk I would gladly point out that all their talk about protecting privacy is hollow posturing by career politicians tied to political parties that GATHER and USE all the exact same data. And have been for a very long time.
Doesn’t matter what people think. That’s what I’ve been telling you. People have been complaining about the parts of this bother to notice for AGES. And what’s changed exactly? Oh yeah all those whiner bought cellphones.