Comment on The ultimate life hack the government doesn't want you to know
snooggums@kbin.social 8 months agoI think it was clear that I meant they were not part of the government.
Comment on The ultimate life hack the government doesn't want you to know
snooggums@kbin.social 8 months agoI think it was clear that I meant they were not part of the government.
HardNut@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You called them private companies, and I’m disputing that.
This distinction is important, because the properties that make it non-private (being owned by a public collective) also happen to make people particularly vulnerable to spyware and data collection. That which is owned by a public corporation is owned by its shareholders collectively. Major shareholders can therefor lobby corporations to divulge data that is technically legally theirs. When you consider how many corporations Black Rock and Vanguard are invested in, there isn’t much that you can touch without generating some meta-data level evidence of what you’re doing, where, and when that they won’t have access to.
If things were truly privately controlled, nobody would be able to lobby a bank to divulge information about its clients.
snooggums@kbin.social 8 months ago
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You got owned dude
irmoz@reddthat.com 8 months ago
You’re disputing something other than what they said, bro.
HardNut@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is what he said. He called them private. No, it didn’t sound like he called them private, he did call them private. It’s a distinction I consider important, so I outlined why. You’re just wrong in your characterization of what happened, straight up.
Don’t pretend he didn’t call them private. And don’t pretend it isn’t super common to think of corporations as private entities. They’re not, and this mischaracterization affects how people think. It’s not good to base your worldview on lies.
irmoz@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Their intent was quite clear, don’t try to muddy the waters.