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at what point does this become theft?

• 0xEF 3y ago
  At the point where laws are enacted the protect the user and their respective data, as well as punishment for breaking said laws is more than just a monetary fine. We can have the protective laws all day, but fines are basically just a license to break them, especially when we are talking about something as lucrative as user data. When the regulatory bodies start to have more power than the corporations they regulate, we will see change. So, you know, probably never.
• rkagerer 3y ago
  The problem with civil litigation against some of these dark patterns is it can be challenging to show quantifiable harm to a magnitude that makes it worth pursuing. Fortunately judges are becoming more keyed-in to the intrinsic value of privacy.
  • ipython 3y ago
    Ironic given one of yesterdays front page stories on hn was how to respond to a c&d letter from a large tech company where they claim violation of ToS for some tool you built to automate processes on a “free” website.
• realusername 3y ago
  That is probably legally dubious in the EU at least