Thanks for the clarification, this does make things a lot more clear.
This makes me wonder if there's a good way to help others wake up to the risk.
When I chat with friends about Facebook, they acknowledge that they have too much data, and do seem concerned / occasionally disturbed by how much these platforms know about them, but it seems difficult for them to synthesize an understanding of actual risk / potential negative outcome.
For awhile, I thought that someone should create a tool/portal/app that would use data from social networks / data brokers / etc. to scare the shit out of people and help them realize how vulnerable they are. But the existence of such a tool would also seem to make the problem worse, especially if it did not have the intended effect (to get people off of these networks).
I'm now starting to think that someone needs to create a "Dieting App" for social media users. Something that would help explain and demonstrate the scary state of privacy when using these apps. Not unlike the "Noom" (have not used this before, not an endorsement) approach to dieting.
I don't see a way to break these addictions without somehow terrifying the user. That can either happen voluntarily, by willingly exploring the downsides (and this is where some kind of curriculum would be beneficial), or unwillingly, after real people are impacted by real overreach after it's too late.
This makes me wonder if there's a good way to help others wake up to the risk.
When I chat with friends about Facebook, they acknowledge that they have too much data, and do seem concerned / occasionally disturbed by how much these platforms know about them, but it seems difficult for them to synthesize an understanding of actual risk / potential negative outcome.
For awhile, I thought that someone should create a tool/portal/app that would use data from social networks / data brokers / etc. to scare the shit out of people and help them realize how vulnerable they are. But the existence of such a tool would also seem to make the problem worse, especially if it did not have the intended effect (to get people off of these networks).
I'm now starting to think that someone needs to create a "Dieting App" for social media users. Something that would help explain and demonstrate the scary state of privacy when using these apps. Not unlike the "Noom" (have not used this before, not an endorsement) approach to dieting.
I don't see a way to break these addictions without somehow terrifying the user. That can either happen voluntarily, by willingly exploring the downsides (and this is where some kind of curriculum would be beneficial), or unwillingly, after real people are impacted by real overreach after it's too late.