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Apple's bullshit is strictly business. Google's and Facebook's bullshits affects peoples privacy, and, if they live in a country that values privacy, actually v
by rickmb 15y ago
Apple's bullshit is strictly business. Google's and Facebook's bullshits affects peoples privacy, and, if they live in a country that values privacy, actually violates their fundamental rights.
Facebook and Google are engaged in open warfare against social values and legal restrictions that are prevalent in most of the world (especially outside the US), and the lies they tell about it can not simply be categorized as "bullshit" you can decide to tolerate on a individual basis.
- statictype 15y agoDo you have any citations for this? I'm curious to see how Google is unknowingly violating people's privacy to the point that it's borderline illegal in certain countries. Facebook on the other hand, I can easily believe they're doing that.
- msbarnett 15y ago> Do you have any citations for this? I'm curious to see how Google is unknowingly violating people's privacy to the point that it's borderline illegal in certain countries. There's nothing unknowing or borderline about it. Canada's privacy commissioner rules Google violated Canadians fundamental right to privacy: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/oct/19/google-street-view-privacy-canada http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/oct/19/google-stre... France fines Google over privacy violations: http://mashable.com/2011/03/21/france-fine-google-street-view/ http://mashable.com/2011/03/21/france-fine-google-street-vie... Korean police raid Google offices in Seoul over privacy violations: http://gawker.com/5798135/police-raid-google-for-privacy-violations++in-korea http://gawker.com/5798135/police-raid-google-for-privacy-vio... FTC settles with Google over privacy violations: http://wjlta.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/ftc-settlement-over-google-buzzs-privacy-violations-gets-stamp-of-approval/ http://wjlta.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/ftc-settlement-over-go...