Quote of the day by Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy: 'You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it' — an early declaration foreshadowing the modern era
THE SO WHAT
McNealy’s line reads less like provocation now and more like a description of default data exhaust—LLMs and agents just make that exhaust more legible and actionable. If your product depends on user trust, treating privacy as a solved or cynical issue is a fast way to lose differentiation as AI-driven data use becomes more visible.
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