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user-inactivated  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Verizon Very Excited That it Can Track Everything Phone Users Do and Sell That to Whoever Is Interested

    They used to say, “If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.” But now you can be paying $80 a month for it, and still be the product.

Soon enough the nation-state will see the power in this, and partaking in the surveillance state will not be an option. Facebook will be required to get a driver's license. FourSquare'ing every purchase will allow the government to compare what you spend to your bank account:Auto-fraud "correction".

I don't understand why there is nothing to be done about this except go get beaten up by law enforcement and arrested.