All these links are year or two old.
A big push towards openness and privacy has happened over the last year.
On an individual level, I don't think it's hard to opt out of Google's tracking.
I won't argue with Maciej's quote, though, because, just like with automobiles, people will still opt into the surveillance society willingly: because the utility it brings them outweighs other considerations.
Ask people if they want to be tracked at all times, and they'll say "no".
Ask people if they want to be able to locate their phone when they lose it, and their answer might be different.
Ask them if they'd want be able to cal 911 and ask to come and help them even if they aren't sure where they are, and you'll get a different distribution of answers again.
In the latter case, lack of "surveillance" is seen as a "tragic shortfall" [0], and adding it is a "feature"[1].
So see, it's not the surveillance per se that people object to. It's implementation details. Welcome to Ceglowski's world.
[0]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/22/cellphone-911...
[1]https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/18/technology/apple-911-locati...
A big push towards openness and privacy has happened over the last year.
On an individual level, I don't think it's hard to opt out of Google's tracking.
I won't argue with Maciej's quote, though, because, just like with automobiles, people will still opt into the surveillance society willingly: because the utility it brings them outweighs other considerations.
Ask people if they want to be tracked at all times, and they'll say "no".
Ask people if they want to be able to locate their phone when they lose it, and their answer might be different.
Ask them if they'd want be able to cal 911 and ask to come and help them even if they aren't sure where they are, and you'll get a different distribution of answers again.
In the latter case, lack of "surveillance" is seen as a "tragic shortfall" [0], and adding it is a "feature"[1].
So see, it's not the surveillance per se that people object to. It's implementation details. Welcome to Ceglowski's world.
[0]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/22/cellphone-911...
[1]https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/18/technology/apple-911-locati...