" the breathless cry of "zOMG PRIVACY!" and the sanctimonious hand wringing about "Well what about people who don't want (some dangerous person) to know what they're doing" is starting to get irritatingly old."
Who are you to tell any person that they're misprioritizing their personal information and the value of privacy?
YOU can do whatever you want, publish it to the ends of the earth, however we want this to be a choice. Not decided for us.
You can't wrap your head around why someone would not wish to share these things and offer an argument from ignorance, you do not understand why, nor are you sincerely interested in knowing why.
>Who are you to tell any person that they're misprioritizing their personal information and the value of privacy?
As soon as someone puts their thoughts out on the internet for everyone to read, they become valid targets for critical discussion. So in short, "I am" just like any other commenter on any other blog. Who are you to, with such righteous indignation, tell me what I can and cannot talk about?
>You can't wrap your head around why someone would not wish to share these things and offer an argument from ignorance
Ah, stop. I said it was getting old. Nothing more. There was no "argument" here. Exasperation, not an attempt to convince anyone. Besides, usually you don't convince people of anything by telling them you're sick of hearing their opinion.
I am quite willing to be convinced though - I just haven't had anyone tell me why I should care that advertisers target me. At least, not in any way that wasn't based squarely on a slippery slope fallacy straight into a dystopian future that wouldn't look out of place in a Stephenson novel.
So please, enlighten me. I am genuinely curious why this seems to bug so many people so deeply.
Who are you to tell any person that they're misprioritizing their personal information and the value of privacy?
YOU can do whatever you want, publish it to the ends of the earth, however we want this to be a choice. Not decided for us.
You can't wrap your head around why someone would not wish to share these things and offer an argument from ignorance, you do not understand why, nor are you sincerely interested in knowing why.