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Good point about future exposure. A counter-argument: people already do all sorts illegal (misdemeanor?) things every day, tracked by big tech, and nothing hap
by Maro 2y ago
Good point about future exposure.
A counter-argument: people already do all sorts illegal (misdemeanor?) things every day, tracked by big tech, and nothing happens. Some examples:
• speeding: your smart phone knows what road you're on, what the speed limit is, and that you're over it
• movie piracy: Chrome knows, your OS knows, your ISP knows, your VPN provider knows, any device that is listening can tell you're watching a movie that you shouldn'be able to watch at a non-cinema GPS location
• ..
- bigfudge 2y agoHave there never been cases where law enforcement requested that sort of information and used it? I don’t think we know.
- 8372049 2y ago20 years ago, legal firms sending out threatening letters to people they could identify on torrent trackers was commonplace.
- chaoskanzlerin 2y agoIt's still quite commonplace in Germany in 2024. Typically, they claim around 1000€ in said letters, and refusing will have the case go to court, which usually rules in favor of said legal firms.