Therein lies the problem. It is not like company decides one day to spy on people’s habits (visited sites, ads clicked, things purchased, etc), it happens gradually and one day the line is crossed. The common question each company asks is, how do we increase our revenue?; what data can we utilize to improve customer retention; what other customer segments can we tap into? This goes on gradually, and one day we are collecting large datasets with a lot of information about customers that can tell the company how to “manipulate” them into more purchases and spendings. I am not saying it is spying, but if that data are used by the government branches to use against individuals, companies are powerless in most cases. 🐶🐾🫡