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I don't care about Six4Three or their motives; I care about Facebook and privacy. It might be unfair to Facebook but from the little I know about their busines

I don't care about Six4Three or their motives; I care about Facebook and privacy. It might be unfair to Facebook but from the little I know about their business practices, they hardly have clean hands or deserve much sympathy. > $250,000 That doesn't sound like much for a years-long lawsuit against a major company with deep pockets; unless they are suing for far more, there won't be much, if any, net profit even if they win. I wonder what else is going on here. Was the Pikini app a test of Facebook's privacy policy and/or ML image recognition, to see how they would respond? To make a point? The description of it sounds tailor-made for controversy. Or did activists later pick up on the case and support or fund it?

ihsw2 8y ago
Honestly it sounds like a developer (or group of developers) through together an app that appeals to creepers and they felt arbitrarily singled out for creating a blatantly creepy app whereas the ones that quietly monetize the same data (via data brokers or something to that effect) get a free pass. Ordinarily, a developer would bugger off but they (presumably) have alt-right activist leanings and they're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. Check 4chan on any day and there will be "FB/IG creep" threads where users anonymously upload photos of their female Facebook and Instagram friends in skimpy/swimwear clothing.
- whataretensors 8y ago
  What is alt-right? I thought it was people who don't like immigration. Seems to have nothing to do with this. Edit: Just read up on the term. It's meaningless.
  - SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
    Exactly. Not to start a whole thing, but almost anytime you read alt-right, in context it means “person I don’t like the internet said exists”.
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    - throwawaymanbot 8y ago
      laughable... truly laughable... Get a grip, you are talking to us.. not your parents. We know what the Alt-Right is. ANd we rightly despise it and its fantasist apologists.
  - forapurpose 8y ago
    Can we skip this ritualistic pantomime? For the record, the other side of the issue is that the term has serious meaning and that the alt-right likes to undermine any allegations against it (of course), even by arguing that the term itself is meaningless and that they don't even exist; it's all a fantasy. A great way of disrupting any discussion or criticism. You can read the alt-right's position in the parent and other comment. With everything said, let's stop here!
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- tzahola 8y ago
  The hacker known as 4chan strikes again??? I thought they've banned him from Facebook...

ihsw2 8y ago

Honestly it sounds like a developer (or group of developers) through together an app that appeals to creepers and they felt arbitrarily singled out for creating a blatantly creepy app whereas the ones that quietly monetize the same data (via data brokers or something to that effect) get a free pass. Ordinarily, a developer would bugger off but they (presumably) have alt-right activist leanings and they're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. Check 4chan on any day and there will be "FB/IG creep" threads where users anonymously upload photos of their female Facebook and Instagram friends in skimpy/swimwear clothing.

whataretensors 8y ago
What is alt-right? I thought it was people who don't like immigration. Seems to have nothing to do with this. Edit: Just read up on the term. It's meaningless.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
  Exactly. Not to start a whole thing, but almost anytime you read alt-right, in context it means “person I don’t like the internet said exists”.
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  - throwawaymanbot 8y ago
    laughable... truly laughable... Get a grip, you are talking to us.. not your parents. We know what the Alt-Right is. ANd we rightly despise it and its fantasist apologists.
- forapurpose 8y ago
  Can we skip this ritualistic pantomime? For the record, the other side of the issue is that the term has serious meaning and that the alt-right likes to undermine any allegations against it (of course), even by arguing that the term itself is meaningless and that they don't even exist; it's all a fantasy. A great way of disrupting any discussion or criticism. You can read the alt-right's position in the parent and other comment. With everything said, let's stop here!
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tzahola 8y ago
The hacker known as 4chan strikes again??? I thought they've banned him from Facebook...