With the Cambridge Analytica saga, everyone and their dog has a strong opinion about their data privacy, and data protection. But do they really know enough about it, or are they just jumping on the buzzword of the year and adding noise without value to the discussion?
Yes, folks like Facebook and Google, having a mountain of data on us, have a responsibility to come up with a robust framework around what can and can’t be done around user data.
But we, as consumers, and first and foremost, humans (AKA currently arguably the most intelligent species on the planet), owe it to ourselves to be smart about things, and try to have a balanced view about most things in life.
If you’re gonna be scammed or influenced by an ad, without doing your own research (which is readily available these days), then you’ll be scammed, online or offline.
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