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> Nevertheless, an analogy can be made between breaking into my home and stealing stuff, and taking my data without consent.

I disagree. Breaking into a home and stealing stuff is obviously harmful. I don't think you have demonstrated the harm of "taking your data".




There we go; now you know the point of comparison is not that both are "obviously harmful". What else might it be?


I don't know, man. Use your words.


I'll clarify:

It's theirs, not yours. Fundamentally, it's not about harm - it's about you getting stuff you have no (moral, cultural, and in many places legal) right to.

As for harm: there is possibility of it, a lot of software does collect data for it to be used against users' interests, and I have no reason to believe yours isn't one of them.


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