I mean no disrespect to any poster in this thread, but I do find this kind of theme amusing.
“The only thing to fear is fear itself”
This is kinda true about a lot of things at the moment
I’m not worried about government knowing my business, to be honest. I know they’re not organised enough to use it offensively except in real edge cases.
And if Woolies wants to offer me a discount occasionally on stuff they know I buy, good on ‘em.
Working in IT security, I have an appreciation of the lengths some organisations go to to protect your information, but it also tells you who not to bank with
I’d be more concerned about the more nefarious organisations that many voluntarily give their person data away to. It’s mostly their desire to sell your profile with advertisers so they can try to convince you to buy more stuff, but if you don’t bite, you could say what’s the harm? This is where their sloppy practices come into play, since they’re more interested in sharing the data the collect on you rather than protecting it.