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> GDPR is a big block towards technological improvement. It's exactly the opposite. It forces technology to be developed in a way that protects human rights (
by M2Ys4U 5y ago
> GDPR is a big block towards technological improvement.
It's exactly the opposite.
It forces technology to be developed in a way that protects human rights (specifically the right to privacy).
Innovation is not automatically good if you're innovating in the wrong direction. Think of it as a vector, not a scalar.
- nickpp 5y agoWho is deciding what is the wrong and good direction to innovate in for everybody else?
- can16358p 5y agoApparently some politicians in EU who has a grudge against US-based tech companies. "Hey Google and Facebook is doing so well let's make harder for everyone using their services." I neither have sympathy for those companies and never been to US, but adter all these GDPR regulations I actually started to sympathize.
- FredPret 5y agoI was anti-Brexit when it happened, but am beginning to see the wisdom of it.
- can16358p 5y agoIt was already non-invasive. I, as a conscious human being browse a website, use their (potentially free) services. The website can of course put a cookie and track me. If I'm really paranoid I could block cookies etc but regardless, no one forces me to use their website. If someone pointed a gun and forced me to go to a website, enter my personal data and give my data to trackers that would be something else (still not website's fault but anyway).