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[–] miistahmojo 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

We are in the information era and a big chunk of our current economy is based upon different forms of information collecting (spying).

Consider the fact that:

  • All social media collects and sells your information
  • All smartphones collect and sell your information
  • All smart tvs / media streaming devices collect and sell your information
  • All new operating systems will collect and sell your information (Windows 10)
  • All new cars will collect and sell your information
  • The "internet of things" will collect and sell your information
  • There's probably much more information collecting that we don't even know about.

These companies collect massive amounts of data about their users because the data has the potential to be valuable to them. Increasingly sophisticated algorithms are developed to mine information from the data and useful information translates into $$$.

TL:DR companies spy on you for the $$$

And the government? The government just spies because it cares. /s