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It shouldn’t be on the todo list of the average user to be knowledgeable on this subject, just like the average consumer should not have to be an expert in airb
by cascom 5y ago
It shouldn’t be on the todo list of the average user to be knowledgeable on this subject, just like the average consumer should not have to be an expert in airbags to expect the ones installed in their car to work.
- shadowgovt 5y agoI think there's a huge assumption implied in an analogy between airbags and user tracking. Airbags save lives. Anti-tracking guards against some hand-wavey philosophical concerns regarding privacy (in an inconsistent fashion, even... It's hard for me to buy that we need to make user-behavior tracking for ad targeting illegal in a world where user-purchase tracking for credit reporting is legal).
- cascom 5y agoMy point is that an average consumer does not and should not need to understand some complex embedded technology in the products they buy and use, and that their lack of interest and understanding of such technologies can’t be used to infer their intent on a broader subject (privacy,safety,health, etc)
- avgcorrection 5y agoThe motto of some people on this website when it comes to unethical behavior in tech seems to “Well, most people didn’t actively try to stop us…”
- npteljes 5y agoAbsolutely. People don't care about this stuff and honestly, I'm not expecting them to, because I don't care about much of the world either. But I do care about this issue and so, I'd like better regulation so that the individuals' privacy is better protected, with the same level of them not caring.