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There is a lot of good that can come out of a database on the mental health of a large population. I think you should be able to opt out of such collection but
by sqdbps 9y ago
There is a lot of good that can come out of a database on the mental health of a large population. I think you should be able to opt out of such collection but I'm not in favor of banning such collection altogether.
- adrianN 9y agoRealistically, the benefits are better ad targeting and improved addictiveness of the platform. Iotw, no benefit for me. Sure in the best case you can do a lot of good with such data. But that would probably need the data to be open to researchers, not in some corporate silo somewhere. And in the worst case, pervasive surveillance data can do a lot of harm. Just ask yourself what an organization like the Stasi could have done with that kind of data.
- ionised 9y agoIt should be opt-in.
- deadbunny 9y agoGDPR makes things opt-in, it means you have to consent. I fail to see how that is a bad thing.