@ohyran there is a case to be made that it's really not the users' fault. Certain corporations have made their business model out of users not being able to understand the consequences of their actions.

Corps have armies of lawyers and technologists to make sense out of new technologies and changing law; users are fscked.

Technology changes faster than we can adapt:
http://rys.io/en/67

@rysiek I disagree with the last bit as I see it the other way around - technology especially social ones changes too fast for companies to be able to abuse it for profit. There is always a window of opportunity that closes eventually. "Customers" are boned yes, "users" might be.

Also if a conman tricks a person over and over - it doesn't excuse the conmans action... but the victim should be able to hear that he/she is a bit thick.

@ohyran the most savvy users, "in" on the new technology in question, get ahead of governments and corporations, true.

Regular users still get surprised that stuff is public by default on Twitter!

Not to mention the more fine details of how "Like" buttons or ads track users.

Corporations have a huge incentive to stay ahead of the curve, and they do - with regards to huge majority of users. Which causes frustration for the savvy minority, as exemplified by the original toot.