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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
This kind of thing infuriates me. But we are all so desensitised to it now. It's just expected. It's normal.
I will still use Facebook and Paypal. Because I'm a moron like everyone else. 
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Yes, The public is desensitised and assume we have to tolerate it in exchange for the service provided. Google was the first to declare that all this information was no longer private and could be exploited and sold. And they got away with it.
I think public opinion is changing to some extent following the Cambridge Analytical scandal, influencing of election/referendum, illegal funding of Brexit adverts, Zuckerberg refusing to appear before PACs.
I even heard some radio reports about whether smart home devices are eavesdropping. People have a bit more information now.
The thing is that tracking and surveillance is even worse than most people imagine. FB shadow profiles and tracking of people who don't even have a FB account. Google's camera car sucking up Wi-Fi data and passwords and then saying it was a rogue developer.
They try something and see what they can get away with then back-track and re-group with a different approach if people object e.g Google glasses.
The only official body that seems to be confronting them, or beginning to, is the EU. (Not wishing to introduce the dreaded B word topic!)
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