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How are you so comfortable that the idea that information should just be shared willy-nilly? That no human has to step in and check and maybe sometimes go, hmm

How are you so comfortable that the idea that information should just be shared willy-nilly? That no human has to step in and check and maybe sometimes go, hmm, that's actually not a good idea to do that. Computers are super-stupid, literal automatons being allowed to do whatever because Silicon Valley makes more money if it doesn't have to curate anything. Normal humans expect computers to be a bit like humans. Have some common sense. Not have a god view. Forget stuff that happened 5 years ago, or at least be pretty hazy about it. Definitely not remember stuff from 20 years ago. Not, and this is totally crazy I know, record every voice search you've ever done in some creepy vault somewhere where it's used to sell you shit. Not be able to track you every movement from the time you leave your work, to when you go sleep with your bit-on-the-side, to where you go buy your drugs, to when you go back to your boyfriend. We know they're not. Normal people don't, or at least haven't really thought the consequences through. I find your view more disturbing and odd than your in-law's.

jlg23 9y ago
> How are you so comfortable that the idea that information should just be shared willy-nilly? It actually is a feature. The problem is that not every feature is for everyone. When you are working in a security sensitive environment (or just like to have your privacy), you should be aware of risks and act accordingly. > Normal humans expect computers to be a bit like humans. This is about product design, not computer or software architecture. The one lesson "normal humans" (whatever that means to you) should learn is that every bit of data can help to identify them.
- killjoywashere 9y ago
  > When you are working in a security sensitive environment Transferring this burden to the individual could very well lead, quickly, to no one wanting to take sensitive positions. Which would be a societal catastrophe of epic proportions.
  - jlg23 9y ago
    I'll agree the moment we don't let the same people walk around with loaded guns.
    - killjoywashere 9y ago
      People like doctors, lawyers, engineers, and priests?
tjr225 9y ago
The software here(strava) makes it incredibly easy to not share any information at all. The entire point of the application is to track and share fitness activities and I have chosen very deliberately to use it to do so. You have no idea what else i choose to share aside from my fitness activities.
rconti 9y ago
How do you propose that Strava (or any other company) muster the manpower required to review all outputs of all automated data? This is the entire globe we're talking about. And, in this instance, where the concern might be over classified information, how is a trained human supposed to even recognize that the information should be classified by one of the hundreds of national governments out there?
bigbluedots 9y ago
It's not unreasonable to expect people who are using a product to take some responsibility for their own use of it. Strava is expressly designed to use your location, and that is obvious due to the nature of the app, and the fact that it requires the location on the device to be turned on.

jlg23 9y ago

> How are you so comfortable that the idea that information should just be shared willy-nilly? It actually is a feature. The problem is that not every feature is for everyone. When you are working in a security sensitive environment (or just like to have your privacy), you should be aware of risks and act accordingly. > Normal humans expect computers to be a bit like humans. This is about product design, not computer or software architecture. The one lesson "normal humans" (whatever that means to you) should learn is that every bit of data can help to identify them.

killjoywashere 9y ago
> When you are working in a security sensitive environment Transferring this burden to the individual could very well lead, quickly, to no one wanting to take sensitive positions. Which would be a societal catastrophe of epic proportions.
- jlg23 9y ago
  I'll agree the moment we don't let the same people walk around with loaded guns.
  - killjoywashere 9y ago
    People like doctors, lawyers, engineers, and priests?

tjr225 9y ago

The software here(strava) makes it incredibly easy to not share any information at all. The entire point of the application is to track and share fitness activities and I have chosen very deliberately to use it to do so. You have no idea what else i choose to share aside from my fitness activities.

rconti 9y ago

How do you propose that Strava (or any other company) muster the manpower required to review all outputs of all automated data? This is the entire globe we're talking about. And, in this instance, where the concern might be over classified information, how is a trained human supposed to even recognize that the information should be classified by one of the hundreds of national governments out there?

bigbluedots 9y ago

It's not unreasonable to expect people who are using a product to take some responsibility for their own use of it. Strava is expressly designed to use your location, and that is obvious due to the nature of the app, and the fact that it requires the location on the device to be turned on.