The FTC has documented in detail how big tech companies flagrantly violate user privacy. Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr comments:
I understand the reflex to greet a report like this with cheap cynicism, but that’s a mistake. There’s a difference between “everybody knows” that tech is screwing us on privacy, and “a federal agency has concluded” that this is true. These market studies make a difference – if you doubt it, consider for a moment that Cigna is suing the FTC for releasing a landmark market study showing how its Express Scripts division has used its monopoly power to jack up the price of prescription drugs:
Big business is shit-scared of this kind of research by federal agencies – if they think this threatens their power, why shouldn’t we take them at their word?
— “Tech monopolists use their market power to invade your privacy”