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Selling my information to third parties without permission or prior notification is neither innovative nor brave.
by seldo 16y ago
Selling my information to third parties without permission or prior notification is neither innovative nor brave.
- julio_the_squid 16y agoI suppose you could say it's 'brave', though, in the same way that trying to swindle someone and hoping they don't notice is brave.
- jrockway 16y agoThat's not what "brave" means.
- bonaldi 16y ago/pedant: it is, actually. Definition is "ready to face danger or pain". "Brave" is mostly used approvingly, but it's also completely proper in sentences like "He decided the app should be IE-only, which was a brave move but one he felt was justified by ..." Similarly with "daring" -- you often hear of "daring robberies" and the like.
- orborde 16y agoInteresting point. "Brave" is usually considered to be a virtue, and people don't want to attribute virtues to scoundrels.
- jrockway 16y agoAh, the joys of learning English from dictionary definitions instead of literary use.
- james2vegas 16y agoBecause dictionary definitions aren't based on literary use at all.
- bonaldi 16y agoSorry, you don't get to be all prescriptivist in telling someone what "brave" doesn't mean, then suddenly produce a descriptivist defence when you're called on it; they're incompatible.
- axod 16y agoIt's sometimes funny that people take this position. Personally, I don't give 2 hoots if companies want to sell my information to each other. Good on them. I lose nothing by them doing it. Couldn't care less. (As long as it's stated in T&C that they are doing it). It's especially ironic, since people moan at the music companies, saying that downloading music illegally isn't theft, since you haven't deprived them of anything.