I'd say people understand very well the implications of a photo. If all there was to a photo is showing "the shell that you won in the genetic lottery" there would hardly be a point in photography.
I disagree with your assessment. It's part acceptance, part different priorities, and part ignorance.
Some people understand what is being gathered and simply accept that as a worthwhile exchange for free stuff. Maybe even a beneficial one (ads are more relevant).
Some people just care about different things than you do. Maybe they're very self-conscious about their image and not particularly concerned about their shopping habits being known.
And some just aren't aware of the potential for abuse that exists with modern data collection. They think we're still at the early stage, where a company is just trying to figure out which brand of beer to stock, and unaware of modern elaborate profile building and the amount of creepy targeting and manipulation they make possible.
Why do we find some visual stimuli pleasing, and others repulsive?
I think that’s partly our experience, and partly our generic heritage — an ‘attractive’ face is one where the effect of the emotional affect correlated with reproductive success.
And I think pop-culture locked room mystery crime shows like Sherlock and Jonathan Creek would be written very differently if the puzzle solving character was supposed to represent the norm rather than the exception.
I'd say people understand very well the implications of a photo. If all there was to a photo is showing "the shell that you won in the genetic lottery" there would hardly be a point in photography.
I disagree with your assessment. It's part acceptance, part different priorities, and part ignorance.
Some people understand what is being gathered and simply accept that as a worthwhile exchange for free stuff. Maybe even a beneficial one (ads are more relevant).
Some people just care about different things than you do. Maybe they're very self-conscious about their image and not particularly concerned about their shopping habits being known.
And some just aren't aware of the potential for abuse that exists with modern data collection. They think we're still at the early stage, where a company is just trying to figure out which brand of beer to stock, and unaware of modern elaborate profile building and the amount of creepy targeting and manipulation they make possible.