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I would bold it if I were them. It's a nicely written message, but it reads like a lot of other PR apologies and it's easy to skim over it, deep in its position
by phillco 15y ago
I would bold it if I were them. It's a nicely written message, but it reads like a lot of other PR apologies and it's easy to skim over it, deep in its position in the 5th paragraph.
Sometimes you need to make actions speak louder than words. :)
- hexis 15y agoI almost wanted to bold it even in the quote. I actually missed it the first time I skimmed the post.
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- gorgonville 15y ago>We are deeply sorry if you were uncomfortable with how our application used your phone contacts Better would have been 'we are sorry we misused your phone contacts', rather than trying to make the users responsible by invoking their feelings. Aside: interesting how the concept of theft seems meaningless when applied to copyrighted material, but meaningful when applied to private data.
- zdean 15y agoI don't think that you should assume that they are sorry that they "misused your phone contacts". This, like a lot of companies' efforts, is emblematic of their efforts to find out what people's (ever-expanding) comfort zone is when it comes to giving up their privacy. They (Path) are not looking at this as a philosophical failure (which would be cause for the apology you put forth)...they simply see it as an A/B test result ('sorry about making you uncomfortable').
- squiggly101 15y ago"interesting how the concept of theft seems meaningless when applied to copyrighted material, but meaningful when applied to private data." Not all that interesting. Theft of personal data can cause real loss and harm if misused. "Theft" of songs/movies does not cause any direct loss or harm, as no otherwise confidential information was exposed and the only "loss" is theoretical and hyper-inflated loss-of-potential-sales. The issue here is one of violation of privacy and of confidentiality (if I was a journalist my contacts may be highly sensitive information), not of theft.
- dmbass 15y agoI think you mean "make your words as bold as your actions." :)
- raghus 15y agoI would bold it too. That's at the heart of how sorry they really are. If they didn't delete the info, it would be PR blah.