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Traditionally, the government would simply write laws making the bad things illegal. "Vacuum cleaners may not upload any information about a person's home to a
by Atheros 4y ago
Traditionally, the government would simply write laws making the bad things illegal.
"Vacuum cleaners may not upload any information about a person's home to any server or through any network, else fines and prison."
"Televisions and monitors may not, of their own volition, display advertisements, else fines and prison." Or at least very clear labeling rules.
I think that the underlying problem, as is often the case, is the Citizens United ruling. Fixing that doesn't solve everything; it doesn't solve disinformation challenges, but it does take care of a lot.
- shephardjhon 4y agoWhile I mostly agree I think this one is more about older people in government simply not understanding tech and data in the age of IoT. I know they do have some small understanding because I have recently read up on SOX, HIPAA and Graham Leach Baily act which all have to do with protecting data and securing IT in some way. What they mostly boil down to is, write stuff down, make sure consumers know it, and protect your computers, and then we will make another group of qualified people who oversee the enforcement usually under the FTC or FCC and make more recommendations.
- TheRealDunkirk 4y agoYes, and we only need to look at the banking and investment sector to see how well this sort of thing actually works. These are all employment bills, written by the consulting companies who are going to be the ones to take the call from the Fortune 1000 companies that have to implement the regulations, and precious little of what happens in all of this activity actually accomplishes the stated reasons for the law.