Most people say they care about and then accept every request.
Researchers call the distance between the two the .
The explanation is not that people are careless.
It is that the cost is invisible and the benefit is immediate.
Refusing a stops the app from working now.
Accepting it produces harm that may never be traced back.
screens make this worse rather than better.
A notice that nobody reads transfers responsibility without transferring understanding.
that limits what may be collected works better than regulation that demands .
The first removes the choice; the second moves the burden onto the user.
Firms that collect less also carry less risk of a .
Data that was never stored cannot be stolen.