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Oh, I feel ashamed, but that doesn't stop me. I put considerable thought into the ethics of storing data and letting that data get inaccurate and harming peopl
by kayodelycaon 3y ago
Oh, I feel ashamed, but that doesn't stop me.
I put considerable thought into the ethics of storing data and letting that data get inaccurate and harming people. Same with providing that information to people whose goals actively cause harm.
But I'm here for the war, not the individual battles. I raise objections and sometimes I can make a difference. This is one I'm going to lose most of the time. So I say my bit and do my job in a way that causes as little damage as possible because the next person won't.
Meanwhile, I get paid and live another day to make a difference somewhere else.
And yes, I know exactly where that reasoning leads. I wrote a story with an assassin justifying his actions the same way. There are limits in the amount of damage I'm willing to contribute to, telemetry doesn't cross that line.
- anigbrowl 3y agoWho are the parties in this war? It sounds like it's you v. everyone else.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThe battles are usually things like invasive user tracking, insecure storage of PII (comprehesive credit reports), locking people out of accounts without recourse, dinging people's credit scores, giving out (potentially incorrect) information to police without warrants, etc. So, upper management, government agencies, finance departments, and marketing departments.