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Asked by reuben to Yee Whye, Valerie, Nick, Mackenzie, Lin, Jun, Jacob, Brian, Anna on 14 Nov 2019.
Question: Am i being watched by the Gov
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Jacob Leygonie answered on 14 Nov 2019:
I do not know! But I think this is unlikely in this country.
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Yee Whye Teh answered on 18 Nov 2019:
I don’t know if you’re being watched by the government, but you’re definitely being watched by a lot of companies whenever you’re online… see for example https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/23/cookies-and-web-tracking-intro
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Lin Shuyu answered on 18 Nov 2019:
Well, I think even if the Government wants to, they might not be able to watch everyone for every second…. It’s a very challenging task…
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Mackenzie Graham answered on 21 Nov 2019:
As Yee Whye said, lots of companies collect your data, basically all the time. Sometimes they use this data for helpful purposes, but other times not so much. This is where lots of the data comes from to train AI algorithms. Do you think this is a good thing?
Comments
lbaucherel05 commented on :
good point, but most people know that large companies track you, right?
Yee Whye commented on :
I guess some people know but some don’t 🙂 Do you think being watched by government is worse than being watched by companies? What if the companies sell your data (and how to influence you) to governments (British or foreign)?
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