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I absolutely hate the attitude towards privacy here. The street view example is just perfect: people require google to blur their building facade but the same p

I absolutely hate the attitude towards privacy here. The street view example is just perfect: people require google to blur their building facade but the same people have no problem having their full name (incl. partners name), phone number and address on a publicly searchable online phonebook. People constantly complain about the greedy tech companies collecting data where ever they can and proceed to complain about the strict privacy regulations in the EU in their next sentence. Forcing private individuals to put their full name and address into the imprint of their personal website, which often enough isn’t even run for profit, seems absolutely absurd and very publishing hostile. To me it’s more and more starting to seem like people don’t actually care about their privacy, they just want to be against something.

jhgb 5y ago
> people require google to blur their building facade but the same people have no problem having their full name (incl. partners name), phone number and address on a publicly searchable online phonebook Wait...so people can decide which facts about their life they want to remain private and which they're fine with you knowing? I thought that was the whole idea of self-determination. Where's the catch?
- moooo99 5y ago
  Please explain, what about my building facade is so incredible private? Sensitive information is blurred anyways and google won’t publish anything that is private, they are just taking pictures of public spaces, which is totally legal.
  - jhgb 5y ago
    > Please explain, what about my building facade is so incredible private? Your building's facade is whatever you decide it to be. It doesn't matter what other people think, it's not up to them. So, likewise, you're not the one to say that someone's building's facade is not private. A major part of respect for other people's privacy is letting them decide what they're private about. I mean, sure, lots of impolite things you may be doing are still legal. Laws don't define courtesy.
sdoering 5y ago
How do you know it is the "same people". In my case it is actually the other way around. I had no problem with street view but would never list my number in the public phone book. I selectively decide what to attribute to my name as long as I am able to. So that I for example decided that I am OK with the need to have an imprint on my website and my full name and address being tied to what I write there. I understand that this isn't for everybody, but I decided that I was okay with attaching my name to my writing. But I am not okay with random businesses being allowed to spam me via online generated profiles without me knowing or consenting. I know there are a lot of things that still should be massively better in Germany. But knowing how easy it is to comply with the GDPR and relevant other regulations I actually like them.

jhgb 5y ago

> people require google to blur their building facade but the same people have no problem having their full name (incl. partners name), phone number and address on a publicly searchable online phonebook Wait...so people can decide which facts about their life they want to remain private and which they're fine with you knowing? I thought that was the whole idea of self-determination. Where's the catch?

moooo99 5y ago
Please explain, what about my building facade is so incredible private? Sensitive information is blurred anyways and google won’t publish anything that is private, they are just taking pictures of public spaces, which is totally legal.
- jhgb 5y ago
  > Please explain, what about my building facade is so incredible private? Your building's facade is whatever you decide it to be. It doesn't matter what other people think, it's not up to them. So, likewise, you're not the one to say that someone's building's facade is not private. A major part of respect for other people's privacy is letting them decide what they're private about. I mean, sure, lots of impolite things you may be doing are still legal. Laws don't define courtesy.

sdoering 5y ago

How do you know it is the "same people". In my case it is actually the other way around. I had no problem with street view but would never list my number in the public phone book. I selectively decide what to attribute to my name as long as I am able to. So that I for example decided that I am OK with the need to have an imprint on my website and my full name and address being tied to what I write there. I understand that this isn't for everybody, but I decided that I was okay with attaching my name to my writing. But I am not okay with random businesses being allowed to spam me via online generated profiles without me knowing or consenting. I know there are a lot of things that still should be massively better in Germany. But knowing how easy it is to comply with the GDPR and relevant other regulations I actually like them.