Commentary: on the interrelations between the generic “we care about your privacy” phrase most online companies use these days, the ease of monitoring daily activities and the reappraisal of old-school communication.
At the beginning of last June, 8.4 billion stolen passwords were made public around the world. This large collection, made available to everyone, is named “RockYou2021” and is stored in a text file measuring 100 GB.
On October 4th, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram were blocked and hence all sensitive data was logically copied upon the initiative of skilled hackers, of whom our planet can boast anonymous categories of them with superior and exceptional abilities that care little about prime numbers.
At the same time, when we connect with thousands of multilingual copy-and-paste websites, they come up with a pathetic piece of software that begins with the phrase "We care about your privacy". And in Italy where “amore” (love) has always rhymed with “cuore” (heart), some people think that users -- while reading this -- take out their handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears of emotion because there is someone who lovingly thinks of them, not realising that, instead, those are tears of laughter.