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bfivyvysjyesterday at 2:20 PM1 replyview on HN

I would say to your point that you can't not spy on me while also spying on me. Maybe just don't?


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lukevpyesterday at 2:27 PM

If I was running a physical business and I wrote down each person’s name and credit card number and the exact time and order they placed, that would be pretty invasive and “spying”. If I write down how many units I sold of each item per day, and the volume of transactions by credit card vs cash, it’s anonymized and I don’t think this would generally be considered “spying”, just normal business metrics. How’s the latter much different than anonymized product analytics?

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