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True, that is why we need legislation like GDPR to not repeat our mistakes.

• Nextgrid 6y ago
  We need the GDPR to actually be enforced, which is not currently the case. Before someone posts the seemingly mandatory link to https://enforcementtracker.com https://enforcementtracker.com, let me preempt your arguments: * Google has so far been fined peanuts compared to the revenue they make breaching the GDPR * Facebook has been fined pennies based on a technicality rather than their actual privacy violations * Facebook does not respect the GDPR with regards to providing data subjects a full copy of their data, and does so in total impunity by the looks of it: https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/ https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/ * Currently neither Facebook nor Google have been fined regarding the omnipresence of their analytics/advertising SDKs on the web and in mobile apps despite them not only collecting more data than necessary but not asking for user consent
  • r00fus 6y ago
    I agree to both the GDPR and better enforcement. Before enforcement in the US we need the legislation.
  • biztos 6y ago
    To your last point, it might be more effective to fine the people using those SDK’s. Facebook and Google just shrug off relatively large fines and are rewarded for it by the stock market. Small app companies and independent devs probably could not. Drive a few dozen out of business and you might just make the SDK toxic enough nobody will use it. Or, I’m practicing wishful thinking.