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> Google had their own version of the Facebook's opt-in but highly-invasive research app, but only for people who were over 18 (at least as of the past couple y
by kinkrtyavimoodh 8y ago
> Google had their own version of the Facebook's opt-in but highly-invasive research app, but only for people who were over 18 (at least as of the past couple years).
This equivocation is a little ridiculous imho. Google's app was literally a tracking app by its very claim, there was no sense of deception or bait-and-switch.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoSame with Facebook's app. I legitimately think the outrage over this was overblown (and I said as much at the time [1]), but I can see the other side of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19031055
- j16sdiz 8y agoNot at their first try with onavo.
- piva00 8y agoOnavo didn't disclose that and then FB Research went targeting teenagers. Doesn't that feel like it deserved more backlash?
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- Wowfunhappy 8y agoWe agree! That's why I brought up the comparison in my original post.