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Good point. I have a very common name and used multiple photos from different people, all with the same name. And the details on the account do not match the ph
by prepend 5y ago
Good point. I have a very common name and used multiple photos from different people, all with the same name. And the details on the account do not match the photos.
Perhaps it could be fabricating false info about them, but I’m not aware of that being a crime or even being prosecuted. And I’m not sure a reasonable person would link it to a particular individual.
- neilv 5y agoYou're thinking about effects in scenarios that are targeted, and human-in-the-loop? There are also scenarios of automated, mass use of data from surveillance capitalism, where effectively adding incorrect information to these other people's various fusion profiles might affect them adversely. Pre-Web, one of the concerns about databases of people was that individuals could harmed by incorrect information in databases. That was even before we knew that the computer industry would switch to widely doing things that we used to think were unethical. (Regarding legality, I don't know whether the legal system has caught up with intentionally linking other people's identities to incorrect information, but I've heard there are concepts like "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation". But I think we're all concerned here with doing what's right.) I appreciate the fighting back against a company abusing privacy, but our own industry situation is such a mess around this right now, that we have to be careful to avoid non-obvious collateral damage when we fight back. (I'm just mentioning this for the benefit of HN discussion; I'm not criticizing an individual. These are tricky times, and we can figure this out together.)