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> Nevertheless, an analogy can be made between breaking into my home and stealing stuff, and taking my data without consent. I disagree. Breaking into a home a
by coldpie 2y ago
> Nevertheless, an analogy can be made between breaking into my home and stealing stuff, and taking my data without consent.
I disagree. Breaking into a home and stealing stuff is obviously harmful. I don't think you have demonstrated the harm of "taking your data".
- bondarchuk 2y agoThere we go; now you know the point of comparison is not that both are "obviously harmful". What else might it be?
- coldpie 2y agoI don't know, man. Use your words.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoI'll clarify: It's theirs, not yours. Fundamentally, it's not about harm - it's about you getting stuff you have no (moral, cultural, and in many places legal) right to. As for harm: there is possibility of it, a lot of software does collect data for it to be used against users' interests, and I have no reason to believe yours isn't one of them.
- Kim_Bruning 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html 'Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. '