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if only we had something called "the law" that would have something to say about embedding spyware into consumer products that puts photos of people on the toil
by redeeman 4y ago
if only we had something called "the law" that would have something to say about embedding spyware into consumer products that puts photos of people on the toilet onto facebook.
of course these kinds of things dont work for the regular guy
- ilyt 4y agoPretty sure they'd be destroyed if they did that shit in EU
- PaulKeeble 4y agoYou would think so but alas the law isn't actually enforced in many places. It takes a long time for anything to get done as most of the regulators are woefully underfunded. Having the law written is one thing but without the funding to enforce it the law is worthless to most people.
- themitigating 4y agoSo argue for more laws, more enforcement, and more funding for government agencies and watch the same people complaining about this "travesty" turn against you
- ls15 4y agoAfter a decade of collecting data, probably
- john_the_writer 4y agoThe person on the toilet?
- moolcool 4y agoI love the old "Laws like that are why the EU is less innovative than the US" response to critiques like that, given that the past decade or so of innovation feels like it's mostly been finding ways to leverage the previous decade's technology against the user.
- BitwiseFool 4y ago>"if only we had something called "the law" I'm not trying to be flippant, but what is to stop some company from simply utilizing a Terms of Service that allows them to do whatever they want with the data? I often see people chiming in that consumers "agreed" to all of this, even though the vast majority of people never read through the ToS or privacy policy at all.
- EMIRELADERO 4y agoJust write the laws so that they override a contract, pretty simple.
- Chris2048 4y agoToS are often disregarded in courts.
- wkat4242 4y agoToS can't override statutory rights. ToS are often made to be hard to understand.