https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/06/04/opinion-data-privacy-was-a-red-herring-we-need-to-be-paid-for-our-data/

We’ve spent the past two years fighting and eventually “solving” the wrong problem. Ever since Apple declared: “Privacy, that’s iPhone,” more than 150 countries have passed laws addressing internet privacy concerns. And yet, this hasn’t stopped an AI industry from being built on capturing data — our data — in order to train their models. 

Privacy was a red herring. We are all data poor and need to become data rich. We need to be paid for our data. Naturally, the AI industry is resisting. It is difficult for an industry to understand something when its business model depends on not understanding it. (A tip of the hat to Upton Sinclair).