Sorry I am guilty of stating the obvious... should have know better
I don’t mind if the government keeps track of me, that is their job.
It only bothers me when some big capitalistic firm like Google is tracking me.
(Uh wait, I’m not on DU now either - this web stuff is too confusing).
Actually - you are NOT stating the obvious. Yes, I know that the gov’t, and companies, and the banks, and the phones, and even the chips in our cars keep track of us. Twice my credit card number has been stolen, and within 24 hours the bank has cancelled it, because it “noticed” purchases outside of my normal buying habits. So - that is good for me.
I’m a little less certain how “real time” the survelance is on my banter on websites. Of course if they ever had reason to, it could all be pulled up I imagine. And I know that some folks have gotten into trouble for making threats on websites. Not sure if someone turns them in, or the threats get picked up directly.
An article I read on “black boxes” for cars was interesting, that most any car now (GPS or not) has a memory chip that will record the last bit of driving information such as speed, braking, etc. And they have been used to recreate crash scenes.