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> [in Japan] Privacy is fiercely protected: missing people can freely withdraw money from ATMs without being flagged, and their family members can’t access secu
by pixxel 6y ago
> [in Japan] Privacy is fiercely protected: missing people can freely withdraw money from ATMs without being flagged, and their family members can’t access security videos that might have captured their loved one on the run.
In general, does this fiercely protected privacy culture extend to online? No surveillance capitalism in Japan?
- GuB-42 6y agoIt doesn't look like there is anything preventing data collection here. Banks will obviously know you are withdrawing money, and Google will know if you are logged into your account. The big thing is that the legal system won't help you if you want to track someone. You can't file a missing person report and expect police to investigate and private companies to hand you data.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoIs there a country where this is NOT true? If you file a lawsuit against someone in Japan, is it really true that they can't be served or subpoenaed?
- laurieg 6y agoIn some ways it does: People are a lot more conscious of putting pictures of people's faces online. Many people avoid putting any pictures of faces on social media accounts. People censor other's faces in pictures, or even their own children's. While your average person might be more privacy conscious in this way, there seems to be a general feeling of "trust large institutions". They seem to collect as much information as anywhere else.