I must admit, I never really understood why I should bother about protecting my personal data, why I should be worried about google knowing I recently looked for Spider-Man t-shirts, or where I live and work. So i looked up a few articles, and while I'm getting a better grasp, it still sounds a lot like the problem isn't that companies have my data, or that it is a danger for me, but that they are collecting and sharing it in an un-ethical way.
Since we're on the fediverse/federation I guess there are a lot of people who are more knowledgeable than me on the topic, I'd like to hear what you think about the topic?
https://thenextweb.com/insights/2018/04/25/why-should-you-care-if-google-and-facebook-own-your-data/
https://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-care-about-and-defend-your-privacy-5904966
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A nice article with some really scary examples can be found here:
Get your loved ones off Facebook.