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Most people don’t know about these issues or don’t care. Also how do you know what company uses your data in bad ways? There are probably plenty of others who d
by maxxxxx 8y ago
Most people don’t know about these issues or don’t care. Also how do you know what company uses your data in bad ways? There are probably plenty of others who do shady stuff you never hear about. We need privacy laws so products that are on the market can be safely used. Otherwise let’s abolish food safety rules and tell people just not to eat at places where food with salmonella gets sold.
- donatj 8y agoI think comparing food safety to data safety is comparing unlike types and levels of safety. No one has ever died from targeted advertising.
- maxxxxx 8y agoIt's the same thing in the sense that the customer can't really tell upfront which service is safe.
- gpderetta 8y agoYes I'm sure targeted advertising is the worst thing that can happen from mass profiling.
- Ezhik 8y ago>No one has ever died from targeted advertising. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16257412/rehabs-near-me-google-search-scam-florida-treatment-centers https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16257412/rehabs-near-me-go... Targeted advertising can be and is used to target people at their most vulnerable. There almost certainly is a death toll.
- mimixco 8y agoIf you have a Facebook account, you know their using your data in bad ways. If you don't know that already, that's on you. As I've said before and will say again, a social network is not a human necessity nor a right. Delete your account and watch these problems go away in a flash.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThere are plenty of other bad players you don’t know about. We need enforceable rules so people know that a company is following certain standards .
- mimixco 8y agoSo you're not willing to quit FB in you're own? You want the government to make it ok for you? Is that what you're saying?
- maxxxxx 8y agoI don't use Facebook. I use other services where I have no idea what they are doing behind the scenes. For example there is a good chance your name was involved in the Equifax leak. How do you quit Equifax? Go cash only?
- toufiqbarhamov 8y agoIf you have a Facebook account, you know their using your data in bad ways. If you don't know that already, that's on you. As I've said before and will say again, a social network is not a human necessity nor a right. Delete your account and watch these problems go away in a flash. That incredibly naive, unless you’re a literal hermit other people in your social and professional circle do spread your data around, as to do businesses you use. I don’t have a Facebook account and never have, but I’m not gulllible enough to seriously believe that means they don’t have a shadow profile one me. And what about Google, or Amazon? Sure, you can go full T. Kazynski and live in a shack, but short of that you’re screwed.