Bob Whysman wrote:How the heck does the postman deliver your letters without a name and address Mr Frost? Unless you still resort to carrying sacks of beads and find someone to accept this archaic form of trading, how do you purchase your daily needs?
How do you open a bank account without divulging data or...........?
The list of data that you provide just to conduct your daily life is endless...........
Store loyalty cards, internet providers, computer cookies, cctv cameras.......the data gatherers are
everywhere.
I appreciate your note of caution on divulging sensitive data . I don’t know you personally but your postings on this forum and info available online, no doubt gleaned by the Google ‘spider,’ provides a quite comprehensive picture of you.
The subject of identities even provided a great deal of tongue in cheek amusement in the past!
https://www.dover.uk.com/forums/politics-forum/bob-frost-racist-or-stupid
Like a lot of people, Bob, you don't seem to grasp the difference between daily analog data and digital big data. The latter is a whole different ball game. The Cap'n is essentialy correct. When every word you utter is added to every 'like' you click, very emoji you use, every time you use a pre-defined keyword and in what circumstances you use it, every image you look at, every seach topic you select.... and so on. This is true of all social media. The last thing I would want is to add to all that data with a so called smart speaker.
But hey - each to his or her own.