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If you make it illegal it vastly limits the potential for things we could do, that may not have been thought of yet. It stifles innovation.
by xwdv 3y ago
If you make it illegal it vastly limits the potential for things we could do, that may not have been thought of yet. It stifles innovation.
- inetknght 3y agoIt's illegal to put cameras in bathrooms. We're already stifling innovation! It's illegal to record people without their permission, in certain jurisdictions. We're already stifling innovation! It's illegal pay money for certain services. We're already stifling innovation! You're arguing against something negative that hasn't yet happened at the cost not doing anything to prevent something negative already happening right now.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoSo do you want to ban motion sensor and webcams even in cases where the users is informed and consents about their usage?
- bombcar 3y agoThe problem is users can’t be arsed to even turn these privacy invasive settings off. So they’ll be triply unarsed to care enough to politically activate laws about it. The best hope is Apple kicking Google in the nuts because they want the ad revenue instead. God help us.
- xwdv 3y agoIf users can’t be arsed to turn off privacy settings maybe privacy isn’t as important as we think it is, or perhaps we’re willing to trade some privacy in exchange for powerful new features. The people beating the drum of user privacy might really just be doing it as a way to block competitors from getting an advantage. Weaponized Privacy.
- bombcar 3y agoIt's the aggregate problem. Would I cry if a penny was taken from me? Probably not. If someone could take a penny from everyone in the world? Now they have 80 million dollars ...
- inetknght 3y ago> If users can’t be arsed to turn off privacy settings maybe privacy isn’t as important as we think it is Or perhaps... users don't have the technical literacy necessary to understand what expectations of privacy aren't being met.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoAren’t they generally on by default these days and you have to opt in when some app asks for permission? (of course some platforms seem to handle it better than other in large part because Apple has direct control on the apps their users are allowed to use..)
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> in cases where the users is informed and consents about their usage? I, for one, would be perfectly happy with the law that on the required actual informed consent. Of course, it would also have to outlaw coercing consent, because companies will immediately go for loopholes.
- velcrovan 3y agoCongrats, you just made an argument that obtains against every single law ever written
- xwdv 3y agoAnd it’s not even 9:00 AM.
- JohnFen 3y agoInnovation is great and all, but it's not so amazing that it should be valued above all other considerations.