cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/7897866
Thank you American software
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I mean, this is kinda what I was fishing for. China can't do anything to me directly. I'll never go there. They can try to inject propaganda into my freed, but it's not going to work on me because I already have my opinions, I have diverse news sources, and I am pretty self-aware. Now, if the US government has my data, they can use it against me directly to build up cases, use it to profile me, arrest me, and who knows what else.
That's why I don't care if China has my data when the US government already has an open buffet.
Honestly, many bad situations can improved simply by understanding the risks involved and having a decent idea of where a potential threat is.
Flipping the script a bit, I have been a home automation early adopter for a good number of years and have relied on voice assistants, cloud accounts and all that garbage. Now that local AI is better developed, building everything I want in-house is feasible and I can stop giving my data away. I knew what my risks were and planned around it.
A person can err on the side of paranoia, or, they can simply not give a fuck. Both choices are valid and I use them both in my own weird ways.