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Clever but its just symptomatic of a complete lack of ethical constraints and an all out assault on users rights and privacy. Its like going to your doc for a
by throw2016 9y ago
Clever but its just symptomatic of a complete lack of ethical constraints and an all out assault on users rights and privacy.
Its like going to your doc for a checkup only to discover they have stolen your genetic information and peddling it to advertisers without your consent.
10 years ago spyware had meaning, now everyone seems to be building it and worse completely indifferent to ethical questions around harvesting user data and build intrusive profiles.
It's only a matter of time before there is a huge backlash against this rampant unethical behavior by the industry and its clear we need tough regulation and consequences.
- LeoNatan25 9y ago> It's only a matter of time before there is a huge backlash against this rampant unethical behavior by the industry and its clear we need tough regulation and consequences. Don’t count on it. Outside of the tech community (echo chambered here), people seem to just not care. Otherwise Google and it’s products would not have been so successful; all the click-bait adware nonsense would not have been successful. People are cheap and just don’t want to pay for anything. Regulation could solve this, but Google and Facebook have so much lobbying power in the US, I fear nothing will change for the better, but, indeed, most likely for the worse.