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Why? Releasing the data to the government creates Big Brother. I thought we were all against that?
by stevehawk 8y ago
Why? Releasing the data to the government creates Big Brother. I thought we were all against that?
- josefresco 8y agoTwo big brothers: Government and Corporate - lately, in some cases, these brothers have merged.
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- ahartmetz 8y agoThere is this old theory about that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_monopoly_capitalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_monopoly_capitalism The Marxist as well as the libertarian theories about it probably contain a few valuable insights and a few terrible ideas for fixing the situation, as usual for radical political theories.
- eeZah7Ux 8y agoContrasted to Palantir, Facebook, cambridge analytica and private firms working for NSA? Ironically, governments are somewhat still under democratic control... somewhat. Corporations are completely authoritarian, and by design.
- izacus 8y agoNow you've created a corporate Big Brother, who is hell bent on pure profits and doesn't even have to answer to you in the elections. Is that better?
- stevehawk 8y agoYes? Government Big Brother can put me in jail just because a cell phone record said I was near a crime while being committed. Corporate Big Brother can only make money from me.
- distances 8y agoHere the difference shows pretty clearly, as I would trust the government more than any company. Government serves the people, while companies mostly care just about profit. Any of companies' privacy concerns are related to legal and PR risks. Being from Northern Europe, I do feel I have a good reason to trust the government. It's a machine that is working for my benefit, with my tax money, and is held accountable via my votes.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y ago“Here the difference shows pretty clearly, as I would trust the government more than any company.” What the? ”Government serves the people” Wait seriously? ”Being from Northern Europe,” OH. Yea, I’m pretty sure there is a cultural difference we just aren’t going to agree on. I don’t know what country you are from but I’m going to guess it’s population is pretty small and what you effectively have is small government anyway.
- Smoofer 8y agoWhether or not they live up to that purpose is another discussion, but at a base level the government exists to serve the people while (for-profit) corporations exist to make money. Regardless of cultural differences.
- gowld 8y agoGovernment doesn't exist to serve all the people, it exists to serve the continuity of the government.
- gowld 8y agoIf your local government is full of such good people, why aren't your corporations?
- codedokode 8y agoWhat stops Corporate Brother from voluntarily sharing/selling/giving data to the government out of patriotism? Or for some help in exchange. Especially if done unofficially.
- drderidder 8y agoReleasing the data to corporations creates a different Big Brother.
- gpvos 8y agoWell, such a release should of course be limited, regulated and with oversight. But I'd argue that at least police should have some possibility to get at customer data, even without opt-in. Release of privacy-sensitive data to other companies should strictly be by clear customer opt-in, with clear limits on its use. And even some of that should be forbidden for semi-monopolies such as telecom providers.