RE: Privacy for Sale
So, only I didn't know about this marketplace and yes its owner Colin Huang is the richest man in China. Here in Pakistan, Chinese goods are famous for their cheap quality but people still buy those for their uniqueness and the variety they offer in low rates. Poor economic conditions don't leave an option to go for quality but affordability.
to sign up to their cloud and back up there.
So unfair and strange at the same time. I had been a Huawei user in the past, thankfully it didn't happen to me and after reading your experience, I wouldn't dare getting anything smart from that company.
Not Capcut please... I haven't researched anything about this app but I love using it whenever I need to edit videos. Infact, I only like this video editing app, until now probably.
Is anything trustworthy?
And you are right, older generation doesn't take these things seriously. They have lived their lives, most of it without technology and the rest enjoying it. They don't understand it like we do and are in bliss because of ignorance.
And then she gets ads for that same perfume.
Creepy x100
But on the other hand, it is actually very important, all this personal data is infinitely important, companies and governments are fighting to appropriate it. Why is that?
Data is everything nowadays. It helps companies and governments to make big influential decisions. You have correctly identified a paradox - humans destroying humans to influence other humans?
What's my or your worth to these companies? A data profile?
Since I became aware of the paradox of YouTube for example, I am no longer sure that the data is collected simply to form a profile to receive ads. So, there companies pay to run ads and the user can pay not to see them. So, are ads important? I don't think so. The money for sure. Or FB with their intrusive ads and sponsored posts that almost never match my interests and what I'm looking for. I still haven't figured out why this is actually done. In countries like China, it's clear why - there every person is tracked and controlled at every turn, so Chinese "things" are presumptively designed to track I guess, even when destined for overseas.
By the way, I had a period when I often ordered things from AliExpress, but not technology, just practical little things that I could not find in Bulgaria. And at the moment I'm quite happy in some ways with the Chinese store in the next town where I buy clothes, underwear and socks from time to time. Some turn out to be quality, some not. But I can't complain as I am not in a position to buy expensive and quality things right now.
I forgot to ask you what your mother's new phone is. I think this is very important information nowadays - which brand how behaves and what stupid things it does.
Yesterday I accidentally opened the box of a Nokia G50 that I bought 2 years ago and it turned out to be defective in many ways. My partner said yesterday that it was the most wrong money I have ever given, but then again I wanted to escape the Chinese brand Huawei and bought a Nokia (made in China).😅
However, I haven't been able to use it for a long time, for many reasons, and yesterday I found it in its box in a very peculiar state, which I personally cannot explain, it was missing the software somehow. But whatever. I gave up on that brand too. For the moment, only Samsung holds the front, at least in terms of device quality and support.