> It's the mindset assuming that for anything to have value in data privacy it needs to be 100% perfectly private and secure.
It does also need to make a difference though. If Google has say three different ways of figuring out who I am and I eliminate one of them then nothing has changed.
Let’s say IP address, fingerprinting and cookies.
In that sense it is somewhat all or nothing. Either I’ve eliminated all three or I have not. I know that’s not precisely what the author means by all or nothing but there are certainly dynamics at play here that are not a smooth continuum
It does also need to make a difference though. If Google has say three different ways of figuring out who I am and I eliminate one of them then nothing has changed.
Let’s say IP address, fingerprinting and cookies.
In that sense it is somewhat all or nothing. Either I’ve eliminated all three or I have not. I know that’s not precisely what the author means by all or nothing but there are certainly dynamics at play here that are not a smooth continuum