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The reason this abuse of privacy is so widespread is because there are no bad consequences for the perpetrators. Governments don't enforce privacy acts in this
by wombatmobile 6y ago
The reason this abuse of privacy is so widespread is because there are no bad consequences for the perpetrators.
Governments don't enforce privacy acts in this circumstance.
Users just roll their eyes, knowing there is no way for them to complain except though boycotts, which are difficult to organise and might not work unless coordinated on a massive scale which has never been tried.
And so it goes.
- Nextgrid 6y agoAnd yet people are still bitching about the GDPR. The only problem with the GDPR is the lack of enforcement. However, it isn't really surprising considering a large chunk of this very community makes their money off large-scale stalking and the same unethical things they complain about.
- ryandrake 6y agoThe only people really bitching about GDPR are software engineers and lawyers at companies whose privacy practices are still questionable after all the time given to clean up their act. That's why, if you look at HN comments, everyone seems to hate it. Sample bias. None of the remaining 7 billion people on the planet really know much about it. I bet if you summarize the regulation and describe it to a random person on the street, they'll nod and think "sure it's kind of a good idea" and forget about it in the next 10 seconds.