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"I'm against overrgulation, but when it comes to privacy"

Our ancestors survived perfectly fine with telephone directories dropped at every house for free which contained everyone's name and address.

Are you sure someone knowing your address is that bad?

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How about "we store your precise geolocation with all associated device ids, travel and purchasing habits across all areas of your life for a decade and sell it/share it with thousands of other entities"? https://x.com/dmitriid/status/1817122117093056541

It's bo longer just "your home address".

>Our ancestors survived perfectly fine with telephone directories dropped at every house for free which contained everyone's name and address.

Yeah but our ancestors also doesn't amount of processing power that the current big corps have. Constrain what big corp can collect personal data is beneficial for average users in current day and age.

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