> Для чайников - что это?

Мозг тебе парят.  Это называется "пиар".

> но не меняют статистику?

Ты в современный новояз-то подтянись, а то прямс как не отсюда.

*Privacy*: a GUI slider that gives user an illusion of discreetness
http://techrights.org/2019/08/18/microsoft-truths/

*ISP*: surveillance company that give bandwidth in exchange for your personal data (deeply-inspected packets)
*Data mining*: interpretation of personal secrets and mental thoughts/beliefs based on publicly-stated information
*Data portability*: facility for passing (copying) data from one surveillance datacentre to another, or from one spying company to another

http://techrights.org/2019/08/18/day-and-age-of-1984/

*Cloud*: server you don’t control or own
*Smart*: surveillance
*Big Data*: surveillance using “cloud” (see above)
*Privacy*: GUI controls to give people a perception of control over data
http://techrights.org/2019/08/13/2019-tech-glossary/

Poke around…
More openwashing by Google.
It’s surveillance you can ‘tinker’ with…
http://techrights.org/2019/09/05/open-surveillance/

/*Summary*: We’re supposed to be feeling joyous and victorious because — good news, everybody! — even all the technology giants are nowadays claiming to have ‘opened up’/
http://techrights.org/2019/09/01/monopoly-is-open/