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It's not really taking advantage if they gave it to you consensually. You're not taking anything from them, they're not losing anything, they gave you info volu
by problems 9y ago
It's not really taking advantage if they gave it to you consensually. You're not taking anything from them, they're not losing anything, they gave you info voluntarily, you're just selling it.
- clay_to_n 9y agoHow would you apply that thought if a friend gave you their credit card and asked you to buy something for them? What about if you ran an online store that held credit card numbers, or any other sensitive data?
- problems 9y agoBoth situations are different - they're losing something that they didn't give you - their money.
- mercer 9y agoWhat's the difference between someone being 'stupid' enough to accidentally give you access to their money and someone being 'stupid' enough to give you their private information?
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- problems 9y agoIt's not private information, it's information they gave me in exchange for a service.
- clay_to_n 9y agoI disagree - in both situations, they gave you something for one purpose, and you used it for a different purpose that they didn't consent to. They didn't give you their info so that you could sell it.
- wpietri 9y agoThat's just ridiculous. So much of taking advantage is in the context of apparent consent. Confidence games, for example. Abusive relationships are by and large consensual. Shitty bosses take advantage of workers all the time, even those those workers are there voluntarily.
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- problems 9y agoComparing a very common business practice today to an abusive relationship? Really? Merely to call it "taking advantage of" is highly questionable - often it's just part of the deal - you get a free service, that's how you pay. No one is taken advantage of, it's mutally advantageous.
- wpietri 9y agoThere is no substance to this reply. You just dismiss my points without addressing them and assert as true things that are disputed. You conflate is with ought, and normal with moral. I can't tell if you're trolling or not, but at this point I'm not sure it matters.
- problems 9y agoSo let's just clarify quick here, you're on a tech focused startup oriented site, making comments saying that you genuinely think that one the most common tech startup business models is immoral in its entirety and that people don't have the free will to choose it, because it's inherently that abusive?
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