Have you heard of a website called facebook?

There was a time where the default assumption was functionality created tracking opportunities. Nowadays, it's more the opposite. Social media have always been on the forefront of monetizing data, but the same data in the hands of governments is used differently. My point is that the way you/we feel towards Facebook, the entire world is increasingly feeling about most, if not all, US tech.

I know people who won't use Israeli or Chinese-made tech for fears of sabotage. US tech is quickly making its brand in that market.

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herbst 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I know people who avoid US tech and happily use Chinese or Russian tech here in central Europe. Not trusting US tech isn't new, it just gets a lot worse

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BiteCode_dev 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I actually opened a yandex mail account 15 years ago because, since I was going to be tracked, at least it would be from people who have no friendly contact with most gov entities and companies in my society.

Sad.

	▲	herbst 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I heard same argument with telegram (however I wouldnt consider it to be Russian tech these days) but yes. Choose your poison, basically. And some entities definitely seem(ed) less evil to our society than others.

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NordStreamYacht 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Israeli pagers are a blast.

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inigyou 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It was originally called LifeLog and sponsored by the military as a data collection system to help them identify terrorists.