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Who here is going to put their ID and photo on X/Twitter

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[-] Odelay42@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I don't know why you're being down voted. You're making a fair comparison.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's a fair comparison. Many people don't understand computers or web browsers. They think they're safe because they come from big companies and they don't think those companies are stealing their data. After all, they didn't enter in any personal info when they installed Chrome.

Sending Twitter your ID is a whole other level. That involves you actively surrendering your personal information.

Expecting people to see both the same way doesn't make sense to me at all.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Giving your ID to Twitter is indeed on a whole different level. I would never do it, and a lot of people here seem to agree with me.

However, in my previous example I’m pointing out that there are a surprising number of people who don’t see it that way. Just because you and I would never do it, doesn’t mean much. There are always people who just don’t care about privacy or security.

Maybe they don’t know much, or understand what they’re doing, or maybe the social pressure is so great that they feel like they have to get an account. Either way, I would argue that the number of those people is disappointingly high.

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