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What are some things you have met where it seemed outright evil? (I don’t have any work experience yet)

by obscur 4y ago

majjam 4y ago
- Facial recognition being used in Uyghur concentration camps (1) - Crypto being used to scam People - Doorbell cams providing the police with a neighborhood cctv system (2) I could go on :( 1)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Use_of_biometric_and_surveillance_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Use_of_biometr... 2)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(company)#Police_partnerships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(company)#Police_partners...
rockbruno 4y ago
Deceptive marketing/monetisation, as in using psychological tricks to get people to spend money on things they don't want or need. Basically how every modern app and game works nowadays[0]. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlTA&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlTA&t=1s
MaxBarraclough 4y ago
To copy from an old comment on mine on the related topic of the indirect benefits of Free and Open Source software ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31071180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31071180 ) : • Microsoft made it impossible to install Windows 11 Home Edition without a Microsoft online account. I know of no FOSS with the nerve to try something like that. • Non-Free games that charge real money for in-game cheats, and are of course designed to prevent you from manipulating your own game-state • Mobile apps that request clearly unnecessary permissions, for reasons never revealed • Mobile apps that sell your location data, and any other data they can get their hands on, with minimal regard for how this might impact your physical security • Lies of omission about fixes to security flaws, and their specifics • Intrusive telemetry that can't be disabled (although FOSS doesn't offer a total guarantee against this, see Firefox) • Lies about security properties that are hard to verify without access to source code, such as falsely claiming proper end-to-end encryption • For more see [0] [0] https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.en.html https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.en.html

What are some things you have met where it seemed outright evil? (I don’t have any work experience yet)

by obscur 4y ago

What are some things you have met where it seemed outright evil? (I don’t have any work experience yet)

- Facial recognition being used in Uyghur concentration camps (1) - Crypto being used to scam People - Doorbell cams providing the police with a neighborhood cctv system (2) I could go on :( 1)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Use_of_biometric_and_surveillance_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Use_of_biometr... 2)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(company)#Police_partnerships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(company)#Police_partners...

rockbruno 4y ago

Deceptive marketing/monetisation, as in using psychological tricks to get people to spend money on things they don't want or need. Basically how every modern app and game works nowadays[0]. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlTA&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlTA&t=1s

MaxBarraclough 4y ago

To copy from an old comment on mine on the related topic of the indirect benefits of Free and Open Source software ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31071180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31071180 ) : • Microsoft made it impossible to install Windows 11 Home Edition without a Microsoft online account. I know of no FOSS with the nerve to try something like that. • Non-Free games that charge real money for in-game cheats, and are of course designed to prevent you from manipulating your own game-state • Mobile apps that request clearly unnecessary permissions, for reasons never revealed • Mobile apps that sell your location data, and any other data they can get their hands on, with minimal regard for how this might impact your physical security • Lies of omission about fixes to security flaws, and their specifics • Intrusive telemetry that can't be disabled (although FOSS doesn't offer a total guarantee against this, see Firefox) • Lies about security properties that are hard to verify without access to source code, such as falsely claiming proper end-to-end encryption • For more see [0] [0] https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.en.html https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.en.html