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• scarface74 5y ago
  If the government passes a law that makes it worse for the people, it’s a bad law. See also the “War on Drugs”, “War on Crime”, etc. Either it’s a bad law or a badly enforced law. Either way it shows the government’s general ineptness.
  • dmitriid 5y ago
    > If the government passes a law that makes it worse for the people, it’s a bad law. There's a very simple question I always ask people with "gdpr bad" stance. I've to receive an answer. What would be your solution to make companies from collecting your personal data without your consent? > See also the “War on Drugs”, “War on Crime”, etc. Other government has initiatives being bad doesn't make all government initiatives bad. > Either it’s a bad law or a badly enforced law. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30659060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30659060
    • scarface74 5y ago
      > What would be your solution to make companies from collecting your personal data without your consent? I don’t have a solution to the drug problem either. But a “solution” that makes things worse for people is not a “solution”. The first goal of government should be “do no harm”.
      • dmitriid 5y ago
        > I don’t have a solution to the drug problem either. Because GDPR is war on drugs and not, say food inspection, right? > The first goal of government should be “do no harm”. Ah yes. Because it's the government that forces those web sites to collect and sell your data to literally hundreds of trackers and advertisers, right?
        • scarface74 5y ago
          It’s the government law that made my web browsing experience worse just like it’s the government policy that makes it harder for me to get enough psuedophredrine for my family.