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>and a terrifying demonstration that we need to grow the hell up with respect to data privacy Once again, "conspiracy theorists" were right. I'm beginning to t
by panny 4y ago
>and a terrifying demonstration that we need to grow the hell up with respect to data privacy
Once again, "conspiracy theorists" were right. I'm beginning to think the governments of the world are reading them for ideas.
>The fact that we don't have a standardized way of blessing data with varying known levels of privacy, checked and enforced by law, is kind of ridiculous in 2022.
Sure, and then as soon as that happens, someone who has patented/copyrighted the process coincidentally is handed a government mandated empire worth millions in licensing fees. Look into ICD-10 codes if you need an example. It's the classic college professor scam where they write the textbook and force everyone to buy it.
>It shouldn't be up to the CDC to act counter to their mission.
If CDC can't do the job without violating 4th amendment, it shouldn't exist. It's not a "private company" and the bill of rights exists for a good reason.
- maxerickson 4y agoThis is commercial tracking data, not COVID app data. It's been well known for a long time that plenty of phone apps sell data to aggregators, it's not a conspiracy theory. That commercial data isn't something any court would call a violation of the 4th amendment.
- panny 4y agoTo me that sounds a bit like >It's not rape if you consent to sex but I slip off the condom when you aren't looking. If the government is explicitly not allowed to collect this data, then buying it is simply a different form of data collection.
- maxerickson 4y agoRead closer. I didn't express a personal opinion on the topic, I expressed an opinion/assessment about how courts handle the topic. Like you can have a legal theory about something and it doesn't mean shit if courts don't accept it.
- panny 4y ago>I expressed an opinion/assessment about how courts handle the topic. Sure, but the courts are the government too. Which boils down to >The government has decided the government should have more power over you. or maybe >I'm altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further.
- maxerickson 4y agoCan the government read the New York Times? What if it mentions where someone was at a particular time? Doing the same thing for millions of people is of course different, but not for the reason you are expressing.
- jeromegv 4y ago>Once again, "conspiracy theorists" were right. I'm beginning to think the governments of the world are reading them for ideas. Right how? That private companies track every movement on your phone and that it's available on the market for anyone to purchase? We've spoken about that for years on HN, how is that a conspiracy theory? That's exactly what Apple has said publicly they want to fight.
- criddell 4y agoWhen location data is available from the phone company, it doesn’t really matter what Apple wants or does.