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The fundamental disconnect here is that Ammon seems to think this data belongs to him, for uses he deems appropriate, rather than belonging to his users. This
by peteretep 6y ago
The fundamental disconnect here is that Ammon seems to think this data belongs to him, for uses he deems appropriate, rather than belonging to his users.
This works for Facebook and LinkedIn because of network effects, but not for some random staffing agency with a tech gimmick. If Adecco or MichaelPage did this it’d attract the attention of ambitious public prosecutors worldwide.
It’s almost a shame, as the idea itself doesn’t seem terrible, but the auto-enrolment and dark patterns for removal makes this whole thing feel like a New Digg moment.
- Hamuko 6y ago>The fundamental disconnect here is that Ammon seems to think this data belongs to him, for uses he deems appropriate, rather than belonging to his users. This is the reason why I ultimately like GDPR: the foundation is that the user owns their data and not the company that has it on a database server.
- derivagral 6y agoIsn't this legally the case? There's a random place on the internet and people upload details. Not payment info, and I honestly am not clear on how much the rest is protected (USA). This is exactly what Zuckerberg called people "dumb fucks" for, and I don't think anything (legally) has changed. I'm on your side as far as the "why the hell is this the case", but I think this is the world that (USA and others) live in.
- jdxcode 6y agoLegal or not it's clearly the wrong thing to do and not at all what users would expect.
- wilde 6y agoI filed an FTC complaint. I'd encourage other concerned folks do the same, since out of court settlements with the FTC are how this is currently adjudicated in the US.
- heavyset_go 6y agoAs an advocate of involving the FTC in such situations, done. Thanks for the reminder.
- ashtonkem 6y agoLegality doesn’t really matter here, public perception does. If Triplebyte comes to be viewed as an untrustworthy partner in the extremely high stakes world of career changes, they’re effectively dead.
- iandanforth 6y agoWhat's Digg again?
- guessmyname 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg
- dfee 6y agoI believe that was a joke.
- ryan-allen 6y agoWhat's Triplebyte?
- friendlybus 6y agoThe only big tech company I've seen take the public stance that the user owns their own data is IBM (of all people).