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There are regulations for vehicles, you can't just create a random thing with wheels. So why GDPR that asks you to inform people what you collect and for what p

There are regulations for vehicles, you can't just create a random thing with wheels. So why GDPR that asks you to inform people what you collect and for what purpose you collect is as bad, car manufacturers have a lot of things to put into the cars like mirrors, lights, safety features etc where software companies just need to inform the users and show how they protect the users data, also they have to report when the data is compromised.

jariel 7y ago
GDPR is fine. Banning Facebook until they can 'prove they cause no harm' is ridiculous, i.e. the OP's reference to 'do no harm' or 'conservative principle'. Also, though GDPR is mostly good, a lot of other regulations are not, for example, the one in this article wherein Ireland needs to approve Facebook's dating app. The malaise from general social media is a new social problem, and almost nothing FB does will mitigate it. We need to learn to live in a new world where general social media products exist.
- simion314 7y ago
  There was no ban though, Facebook was required by law to produce documentation on how they will handle the data and Facebook decided to delay the launch. Facebook has a large number of users and a reputation of poorly handling the private the data with "bugs" causing data to be stolen, FB is proud of moving fast and breaking things, ignoring the law (when they ignored the requirement of not to connect WhatsApp users with the FB accounts ) so I think is fair someone is asking them on what exactly are doing before not after they launch. On dating apps you are not forced to put your real name and exact address but in FB people already have the full names, relatives, school and work colleagues so a bad actor that would find a lot about somebody compared to a random dating website where they can find your contry and region and your preferences.

jariel 7y ago

GDPR is fine. Banning Facebook until they can 'prove they cause no harm' is ridiculous, i.e. the OP's reference to 'do no harm' or 'conservative principle'. Also, though GDPR is mostly good, a lot of other regulations are not, for example, the one in this article wherein Ireland needs to approve Facebook's dating app. The malaise from general social media is a new social problem, and almost nothing FB does will mitigate it. We need to learn to live in a new world where general social media products exist.

simion314 7y ago
There was no ban though, Facebook was required by law to produce documentation on how they will handle the data and Facebook decided to delay the launch. Facebook has a large number of users and a reputation of poorly handling the private the data with "bugs" causing data to be stolen, FB is proud of moving fast and breaking things, ignoring the law (when they ignored the requirement of not to connect WhatsApp users with the FB accounts ) so I think is fair someone is asking them on what exactly are doing before not after they launch. On dating apps you are not forced to put your real name and exact address but in FB people already have the full names, relatives, school and work colleagues so a bad actor that would find a lot about somebody compared to a random dating website where they can find your contry and region and your preferences.