I agree, silicon valley does not support development of behavior tracking technologies.
Strong encryption, user privacy, "really delete my data on your server", robots.txt, have all been implemented using the latest standards, across all websites.
Terms and conditions clearly state that, user data or backup data will not be mishandled by admins, although users might be purged from the database from time to time.
Nerds and Geeks are very hippie-liberal so you won't find them supporting tyrannical governments, to sell ads.
I can't even imagine a Nerd not caring, being unemotional or careless. They wouldn't hurt a puppy ! Let alone kill 200_000 sand people !
The idea that security > privacy is brainwashed into the american masses.
Does anyone work as a sysadmin ?
wheel users can read every one's data.
Does anyone go to internet facebook/forums/mailing-lists ?
They are mini totalitarian states where lusers are killed. The rhetoric ? Order and kill spam.
The point is, internet has never been a shining example of democracy. There are no privacy laws for sysadmins.
The internet ocean-tubes are owned by the government, the fact that they want to read email is no fairer than forum admin "banning" lusers or running sql.
In 1984, every home has a cctv. Our 1984 is a paradise. TV's are the thought police. Hollywood takes care of public anger. Internet gives faux democracy.
The government didn't do anything with it. The government only copied what admins since 1980 have been doing.
They can't solve a hard problem, but they can sure come up with a half-fake metaphor that semble's a solution.
There is an entertaining razzle dazzle aspect to these folks, but in the end these people and their words are self-contradictory tosh.
On top of that, these people are on the verge of psychosis, after abusive drug use in their earlier lives.
It's oh-so-difficult to imagine a hippie selling luxury goods, given that we have steve.
I'd rather stick with virtuous gutter idiots, than be steve.