The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoLemmy has taught me that Firefox is the waystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageLemmy has taught me that Firefox is the waystartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoI hear this all the time. I have this conversation on the regular. Them: “Oh you think Tik Tok is spyware?” Me: “yes” Them: “I’ll have you know so is Google, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Microsoft, and all the big American companies too” Me: “Yeah, that’s why I don’t use them” Them: gasp “you’re just paranoid bro are you a drug dealer or something?” Me: “no, I just like my privacy. You probably wouldn’t like it if some guy was following you keeping tabs about everything you do either.” Them: “well I’ve got nothing to hide” Me: “maybe the next person in power might see your current and past beliefs illegal”
I hear this all the time. I have this conversation on the regular.
Them: “Oh you think Tik Tok is spyware?”
Me: “yes”
Them: “I’ll have you know so is Google, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Microsoft, and all the big American companies too”
Me: “Yeah, that’s why I don’t use them”
Them: gasp “you’re just paranoid bro are you a drug dealer or something?”
Me: “no, I just like my privacy. You probably wouldn’t like it if some guy was following you keeping tabs about everything you do either.”
Them: “well I’ve got nothing to hide”
Me: “maybe the next person in power might see your current and past beliefs illegal”