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Setting aside all privacy issues entirely, I'm curious as to the details of the internal approval process (or perhaps lack of process) in GM. The act itself is
by gnfargbl 2y ago
Setting aside all privacy issues entirely, I'm curious as to the details of the internal approval process (or perhaps lack of process) in GM.
The act itself is obviously customer-hostile, and it's at least fairly obvious that at some point you'll get caught out. So why risk it? It could be a rogue executive, but it could also be that consumers are known to care so little about things like this that the blowback is factorable as a cost of doing business, like the apocryphal Ford fuel tank story. I wonder which is the reality.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoSociopaths are rife in the management levels of most companies. They don't see anything wrong in pushing ethical boundaries they don't hold themselves to.
- gnfargbl 2y agoOh sure, but larger companies are aware of this and usually have systems in place to protect themselves. I would love to know the backstory around this decision.
- ryandrake 2y agoWell, not just management. Some individual contributor(s) developed the processes and software to implement this, too. Just like there are plenty of execs who think "makes money -> I have no problem with it" without considering ethics, there are plenty of engineers who think "interesting problem -> I'll do it" without considering ethics.