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I made some points to talk about "Mass Data Harvesting" (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by kionite231@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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what is data harvesting? It's a process of storing personal data from the users who uses online softwares, android apps and other online services.
why data harvesting terabytes of data? what is the incentive here? why fill up terabytes of storage with personal data of users? Big companies do this data collection to target you with personalized ads and also to sell your data to data brokers
Most people says “well i don’t have anything to hide so i don’t care” - but a person could have a embarrassing mental sickness like schizophrenia or OCD etc, and private stuff that shouldn't be disclosed. Just because someone has things that they prefer to keep secret that doesn't mean we are doing something criminal.

feel free to tell me what I should change or add to this? Thanks in advance!

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[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd add that to the first point that (and sort of answers the question in the 2nd) that the goal is to use this data to make associations and inferences to better get a picture of who the user is and what their experiences are.

An emphasis on a lack of control as to what data is collected should be emphasized. Take the FB shadow accounts for users that don't even sign up. Much of your data is provided freely (mostly unwittingly) by people you associate with or simply are proximal too.

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

An emphasis on a lack of control as to what data is collected should be emphasized.

that's a very good point. Thank you for sharing it!