The point is most people do not know what happens, and i do not mean the URL requests and how DNS resolution works, but how and why your IP address is stored, the cookies and all those other widgets and gizzmoes instantly placed on your PC and generally how they track, store and analyze you moves through the Web, building a more or less exact user profile.
They also use you metadata, like from where you access, at which time, in a certain rhythm, and so on.
They also stay on you PC if you cut the internet, and record what they are programmed for. They will also release the gathered informatioin the next time you go online. IF you are not online 24 hours a day anyway, via your router.
It does not stop there though. You entire recorded data are being sold to other companies, which is how e.g. Google and Facebook make money. From bank account information to credit requests, to which things you buy. You become predictable and transparent, and can be blackmailed.
Self-evident, but it seems a lot of especially Facebook users are not aware of that, or they do not care.
Some years ago, people have already protested against population censuses, now they publish their innermost secrets, along with financial and address information without a care.
The web has been built without laws or any care for the customer, and while it did wonderful things, it is now being censored, exploited and abused. The EU law tries(!) to give the people some awareness, and legal certainty.
I have no high hopes because after all it depends on the individual's consciousness and knowledge, but it still is a step in the right direction.
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