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I disagree with you, but I still don't like seeing you downvoted. Actually, I kind-of agree with you. The problem isn't data (i.e. lack of "privacy"). The prob
by tomp 7y ago
I disagree with you, but I still don't like seeing you downvoted.
Actually, I kind-of agree with you. The problem isn't data (i.e. lack of "privacy"). The problem is abuse of this data - by governments (foreign and you own) (e.g. being locked up because you're a spouse of a journalist, or being refused at the border for saying the wrong thing), corporations (FB banning you for supporting the wrong party, insurance premiums rising because you're speeding), even your neighbors (perverts jerking off to videos of your kids)! I hope that someday in the future, we can have a world where all (well, most of) your data is used in your best interest. Unfortunately, the current legislation is, to a large degree, made with the idea that it's not going to be 100% enforceable anyways - so many laws have to change to make that happen... from child porn & consent laws (children shouldn't have the rest of their lives ruined for having sex, or messaging naughty photos of themselves), speeding laws (different countries have different max speed laws, so clearly at least some of them are wrong and/or arbitrary), insurance laws ("preexisting conditions" need to be covered, smoking can't be singled out as the only dangerous behavior), free speech laws (you shouldn't be punished even for the most offensive jokes), ... just some example from the top of my head.
- teddyh 7y ago> The problem isn't data (i.e. lack of "privacy"). The problem is abuse of this data A.k.a. the “Guns don’t kill people” argument.
- tomp 7y agoA bit off topic, but the argument is 100% correct. We just need to figure out the actual causal factors, all else is bad statistics, leading to bad policy. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/switzerland-high-rates-gun-ownership-why-doesnt-no-mass-shootings-a8230606.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/switzerlan... > In 2007, the Small Arms Survey found that Switzerland had the third-highest ratio of civilian firearms per 100 residents (46), outdone by only the US (89) and Yemen (55). > In 2016, the country had 47 homicides with firearms. The country's overall murder rate is near zero. (Not saying of course that whatever they do in Switzerland is applicable to any other country, in any kind of short- to medium-term. The best short-term solution for the US might as well be banning/restricting gun ownership.)
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- rezeroed 7y ago'your data is used in your best interest' -- coming soon to a dystopian sci-fi.