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My mom claims there is no problems into being tracked and stuff and that "Every normal person will use gmail";

My brother says you only should hide your data if you are a criminal or something.

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[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

That information becomes less value the older it is. If you go dark all of a sudden tomorrow, that information will be worth a small fraction in a year. And there's the old saying: "The best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago. The second best time is now."

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Then why do they keep it? The collect so much data and keep it all. Then when there is a leak it's worse cause they have so much "useless" data.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Because they're incompetent bastards?

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