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No one read that ... we (the tech industry) need to move past the idea that presenting information in a privacy policy or eula is enough. To depend on that is a
by CodeCube 8y ago
No one read that ... we (the tech industry) need to move past the idea that presenting information in a privacy policy or eula is enough. To depend on that is a breech of ethics in my opinion, because no matter how much we'd like for it to be enough, Users Do Not Read Them.
It is not informed consent even if they "scroll to the bottom and click accept". Our industry has conditioned users to click yes/accept on any and all popups that block their path to doing whatever it is they're doing (using the app, playing the game, installing a program, etc).
- taneq 8y ago> No one read that ... I did, and I said "hell no", and I was outraged when similar firms (Pebble?) tried similar stunts. I'm not excusing Facebook for their invasions but I'm also not excusing the people who explicitly opted in to such violations and then acted shocked when the data they offered was used.
- CodeCube 8y agoYou are not the norm ... the very fact that you are on this website puts you in a very small cabal of users. I can guarantee you that "normal" people do not read these things, and it is disingenuous to expect that they ever will.
- lghh 8y agoYes, and look at who you are. You are a (presumably) developer, tech literate at a minimum but more likely with a strong command of how technology works and how companies like Facebook operate. You're not my dad, you're not a child, you're not someone who uses the internet to talk to their family and that's about it. You're such a small percent of the group affected by Facebook's actions that thinking everyone operates like you is disingenuous.
- taneq 8y agoFair, I'm that guy that rants at you at parties about how you should care more about privacy, then makes self-deprecating remarks about tinfoil. >.>