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khjuu  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Google Now and the lack of privacy... and I kinda like it

Reminds me of a conversation with a friend recently. I'm in my mid 20s, he's about 10 years older, so this is less than a generation. We were talking about data gathering and he's really not into it. He almost never uses Facebook, he's got an ancient Linux phone in part because it gives him better control of data, etc. I, on the other hand, am not so ashamed of anything I do on the internet that I mind it quietly hanging out in a database somewhere.

About five minutes later he was telling us a story about how he was involved in an altercation with someone else, and dragged the guy to the cops. The other guy was clearly at fault, and my friend was glad it happened on the street where the many many CCTV cameras could capture exactly what went down. I, as an American transplant to the UK, am probably never going to get over how many cameras there are and it's weird that they're a source of comfort to my friend.