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We desperately need laws around this.
by kevmo 5y ago
We desperately need laws around this.
- pvarangot 5y agoThey are already known to not be in compliance with many laws that already exist.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoWe need enforcement, and we need fines high enough, to make this not worth it.
- bigjimmyjohnson 5y agoFines? How about prison time for stalking?
- sodality2 5y agoExactly. Always read "fines" as "business expenses" if it's in this context. Especially w.r.t FAANG, in which case it's laughably small business expenses. Occasionally they'll be serious but never enough..
- lmkg 5y agoWhatsapp (owned by Facebook) was fined 225 million Euros for GDPR violations, the largest GDPR fine to date. Of that, 75 million was specifically for harvesting info from contact lists.
- durnygbur 5y ago> harvesting info from contact lists I'm certain LinkedIn was doing it as well, ie. dark patterns to upload contact list then aggressively harvesting new users.
- Nextgrid 5y agoIt appears it's nowhere near enough though. Not to mention, Facebook (the main beneficiary of all the illicit data collection) gets away scot-free.
- cwkoss 5y agoWhich ones?
- kleer001 5y agonah, nuke it from orbit, that's the only way to be sure.
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- dylan604 5y agoI'm okay with the collateral damage this would cause.
- kleer001 5y agoSure, whole countries would be in chaos... but only for a few days, I think. FB isn't doing anything original anymore. There's tons of clones and some are markedly better. Yea, maybe a few businesses would fail, maybe some people would lose contact with old friends. But if fb is the only way you keep in contact with someone, do you really care about them? Cost benefit analysis is easy to do, actually pulling the trigger is hard.
- dylan604 5y ago>actually pulling the trigger is hard. I'll push the damn button, no problem. Just show me where it is. However, I'm guessing it's harder to find and is actually split into 7 horrocruxes.
- kleer001 5y agoSure, you and I could push the button. But we're not in a position to do so. Now, all the people in a position to do so are chained by perverse incentives to keep the whole shit show going.
- icefox11 5y agoI can't help myself but enjoy the way people think that "laws" is something like a Death Note of sorts. You write it down and the world automagically adjusts itself.
- Nextgrid 5y agoSometimes you need to help the world adjust, with people carrying guns.