Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a marker of class

[rcjordan]

"Because privacy costs money, privacy has become a defining marker of class. Below a certain threshold of income, you're prey to the devices and ecosystems that offer themselves up freely – at the cost of any privacy. (Hello Android! Howdy Facebook!) The poor used to be invisible – now they're among the most easily seen segment of society."

https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/15/privacy_costs_money/