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But if you slap a label onto every app that does any internet communication it has about the same effect as if you'd slap it onto none of them.
by Bigpet 6y ago
But if you slap a label onto every app that does any internet communication it has about the same effect as if you'd slap it onto none of them.
- sneak 6y agoMaybe more of them will start embedding Tor. Coarse location is coarse location, and most users have no idea that most apps know (and log) when they leave their home, arrive at work, travel to another city, et c. That's the point of a label, is it not? We label all medicines. Is that the same as labeling no medicines?
- citelao 6y agoThis was my response when cookie labels started to pop up. But now general attitude has changed towards cookies because of them (at least among my non-tech friends)! I had this moment where I realized I was dismissing a bad thing (cookie advertising tracking) just because it was pervasive. I think labels like this have a real power to change industry norms.