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It saddens me that we need the government to step in on cases like this. Why has invading users privacy become normal? While Facebook and Google are the larges
by nerdjon 4y ago
It saddens me that we need the government to step in on cases like this.
Why has invading users privacy become normal? While Facebook and Google are the largest, it has become common that smaller companies are doing this to pad their bottom line.
As developers we should be pushing back on this. Not using these tools from Facebook and Google that just grow their grip on the web. The tools that invade user privacy in completely invisible ways.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoI'm not sure if the developers pushing back is the answer.... it's like a mcdonalds burger-flipper pushing back on mcdonalds shitty meat. I usually don't believe in regulation, but here is an obvious case for regulation... Does company/app legitimately need data X for the app/service to work? No? Then it's not allowed to collect, store and resell that data. If it does, it should be fined way more, than the data is worth. Did they collect the data for one thing (eg. location data for playing pokemon go) and are using it for another (ad targeting)... agian, a huge fine.
- nerdjon 4y agoYeah I guess, I am not against regulation. And it is clearly needed. It is just more being sad we are at this point.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago> It saddens me that we need the government to step in on cases like this. Every time I see this I chuckle. The first public companies ever created had just two lines of business: selling drugs and selling slaves. The only reason they ever stopped, was because government stepped in. The expectation that developers can do something is delusional, you need men with guns- I suppose some vigilante citizen militia could also work though.