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Thanks for the heads up. I looked at mine and it seems like the major of the events in localstorage are getting sent successfully as my adblocker isn't blocking

Thanks for the heads up. I looked at mine and it seems like the major of the events in localstorage are getting sent successfully as my adblocker isn't blocking the medium activity or batch API calls, however the lightstep events are blocked and stuck in my localstorage. As an aside, I'm appalled they'd do this as I'm a paying customer of their service, but as an engineer I have to respect the work & ingenuity that went into this solution.

arthurcolle 6y ago
It's not exactly that hard to imagine. I've thought about a solution like this for 2 separate products across 2 different companies, and it was separately rejected for ethics concerns both times. You'd be surprised what company decided to reject it in the first case. This is an abuse of web APIs to achieve targeted data monitoring of users and probably a severe violation of GDPR. Any European residents want to confirm this is happening with them?
- vikbytes 6y ago
  Can confirm that this is the case for me as well. (EU resident.)
  - arthurcolle 6y ago
    Have you considered filing a GDPR complaint? I would really encourage you to do so. I found this: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rights-citizens/redress/what-should-i-do-if-i-think-my-personal-data-protection-rights-havent-been-respected_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo... You should use the Euro judicial framework to get resolution for this 100%. Americans like to complain about European legislation but this is a perfect example of government powers done right! (I'm a dual American/French citizen living in the US).
    - msadowski 6y ago
      I've just spend good 15 minutes on it and in case of France it seems far from trivial. It doesn't look like it's a matter of sending a single e-mail.
      - arthurcolle 6y ago
        Can you kindly opine? I am not in France at the moment so I'd love to learn what issues you are facing. Sorry to waste your time but I think this is a critically important topic if we want to preserve our data, privacy, and related rights into the future.

arthurcolle 6y ago

It's not exactly that hard to imagine. I've thought about a solution like this for 2 separate products across 2 different companies, and it was separately rejected for ethics concerns both times. You'd be surprised what company decided to reject it in the first case. This is an abuse of web APIs to achieve targeted data monitoring of users and probably a severe violation of GDPR. Any European residents want to confirm this is happening with them?

vikbytes 6y ago
Can confirm that this is the case for me as well. (EU resident.)
- arthurcolle 6y ago
  Have you considered filing a GDPR complaint? I would really encourage you to do so. I found this: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rights-citizens/redress/what-should-i-do-if-i-think-my-personal-data-protection-rights-havent-been-respected_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo... You should use the Euro judicial framework to get resolution for this 100%. Americans like to complain about European legislation but this is a perfect example of government powers done right! (I'm a dual American/French citizen living in the US).
  - msadowski 6y ago
    I've just spend good 15 minutes on it and in case of France it seems far from trivial. It doesn't look like it's a matter of sending a single e-mail.
    - arthurcolle 6y ago
      Can you kindly opine? I am not in France at the moment so I'd love to learn what issues you are facing. Sorry to waste your time but I think this is a critically important topic if we want to preserve our data, privacy, and related rights into the future.