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When I was a consultant, I sat in on a lot of meetings at startups who were getting near the end of their runway. So many of them talked a good game about priva
by karaterobot 4y ago
When I was a consultant, I sat in on a lot of meetings at startups who were getting near the end of their runway. So many of them talked a good game about privacy, but when they couldn't find enough revenue, they at least talked about selling user data. The main argument against it was not that it was unethical, or that they'd told users they wouldn't do it, it was that they didn't have enough users to make it worthwhile. Since then, I just do not trust any company not to keep, process, and sell my data, no matter what their nominal values or privacy policy says.
- andrei_says_ 4y agoWe need laws that makes possessing such data a liability for companies. It's the only way to make them handle it with care and reduce misuse. Should feel radioactive to them.
- moneywoes 4y agoHow did you get in the line of this consulting work? Sounds interesting
- karaterobot 4y agoThis was just ordinary software consulting; meetings on site with our clients. I often I met with their lead product people, though sometimes the founders, since the companies were small. After a while, especially if you are working from their office, people don't hide things. I'm not sure they cared, either.
- moneywoes 4y agoMay I ask how you got your first client?