{"id":493,"date":"2018-08-29T07:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/?p=493"},"modified":"2018-08-29T07:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:29:51","slug":"soap-box-dont-lie-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/2018\/08\/29\/soap-box-dont-lie-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Box: Don’t lie to me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"One of the great things about a blog such as this is that there’s almost never a lack of good subject matter. Today’s topic is when people lie to us. More specifically, when corporations… which are made up of people… lie to us. I’m talking the bold-faced intentional lie that no one, not even the most forgiving considerate nice person, believes.<\/p>\n

For example: I log into my email this morning, and there’s a message from Google Play, the header of which reads…<\/p>\n

At Google Play your security is our biggest priority<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n

No, it’s not. Don’t lie to me. Nobody, without exception, believes that. If I had to dissect it… which I will because I need to fill some space, stating the obvious is kinda short and quick… I guess the big hang up for me here is the inclusion of the word “biggest”. As in #1, everything else pales in comparison, we will sacrifice profit to protect you. The mere notion makes my head hurt, it’s so patently ridiculous. You’ll sell us down the road for a buck in the blink of an eye. You know it, I know it.<\/p>\n

If they had said “…your security is our priority”, and left out the ‘biggest’ lie, it would still imply #1, but it wouldn’t be as in-your-face blatant lying about it, and would have been ok. I probably would have rolled my eyes and moved on. It wouldn’t have triggered my ire to the point that I felt the need to speak out about it.<\/p>\n

At least butter me up and pretend that I’m intelligent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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