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The original commenter explained they and their spouse share their location.

You said it was a breach of trust and privacy.

My question was “How? My situation is similar to the person you’re replying to and I’m curious how two consenting adults sharing their location with each other is ‘a major breach of privacy, for both parties, and also of trust’.”

I understand now that you didn’t mean that it was a breach of trust and privacy literally, obviously they’ve both opted in, but you used that to express your own preference.

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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I understand now that you didn’t mean that it was a breach of trust and privacy literally, obviously they’ve both opted in, but you used that to express your own preference.

well, it depends. I still think they are breaching their privacy, but they just don’t care.

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- LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Privacy generally means the ability to control your personal information and how it’s used, as well as your freedom from intrusion and observation.
  
  If you knowingly opt in it’s not really a breach of privacy. They’re choosing to allow a 3rd party access to that information which doesn’t fit with your preferences but it’s not really a breach of privacy or trust.
  
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  - WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    they have control over giving that information to the 3rd party, but they don’t have any control after that, over how the information is used. with that in mind, do you think they have control over their information?
    
    they are choosing to allow a 3rd party access to that information
    
    that’s right, allowing that 3rd party. but did they choose to share it with the business partners of that 3rd party too? are they aware of what is happening in the background? even if they didn’t just register-accept-next-next-finish it, most people have no idea about it, because there’s so little discourse about it
    
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    LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    with that in mind, do you think they have control over their information?
    
    It’s not about what I think, they have control over whether to share their location data with a 3rd party or not. By definition that is control. They also have control to stop sharing that data at any time.
    
    Do you have anything to support that the specific system used by the original commenter is using that data in a manner not agreed to when they shared it or in a way that the original commenter doesn’t agree to?
    
    Or are you applying your own personal preferences and beliefs to someone else’s situation?
    
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