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i've caught a lot of heat in the UK where i live for my position on GDPR, which is that i completely reject it, because people seem to believe it's there to pro
by muyuu 8mo ago
i've caught a lot of heat in the UK where i live for my position on GDPR, which is that i completely reject it, because people seem to believe it's there to protect any rights
if there's anything remotely good with GDPR is the requirement to companies to disclose known data breaches
all the rest of it is a terrible idea and only serves to nag people and legitimise the darkest of patterns
the regulation should be there to disallow companies from asking certain information, everything else regarding tracking is self-defeating as it's 1) seldom enforceable 2) hardly binding in any meaningful way 3) pushing people to concentrate their services where they have already surrendered their data 4) legitimising of dark patterns
this new and blatant step towards digital id is a hill i intend to die on, I will not comply and I will do everything in my power so that others don't have to and are even punished for doing so
- jodrellblank 8mo agoGDPR has very little to do with dark patterns, nag screens, or online tracking? > "all the rest of it is a terrible idea" Having a legal right to ask a company for a copy of all the data they have on you is terrible? Having a right to ask a company to correct errors in data about you, or delete data about you, that's terrible? A company having to tell you what they intend do with data about you and stick to it for the threat of a big fine, that's bad?
- muyuu 8mo agoyou didn't get to read all post did you there are bits, but the total package is cancer
- jodrellblank 8mo agoyes I did read all your post. It seems to have incorrect claims. > "i completely reject it, because people seem to believe it's there to protect any rights" Under "Your rights" section on the UK government website you can see that it grants you rights, so people have good reason to believe that: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection https://www.gov.uk/data-protection How does it nag people? How does it legitimise dark patterns? What is in it regarding tracking? How does it push people to concentrate their services in a bad way? The GDPR is not just for websites, it's for all dealings with companies.
- muyuu 8mo ago> Under "Your rights" section on the UK government website you can see that it grants you rights, so people have good reason to believe that: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection https://www.gov.uk/data-protection you are soft in the head if you believe that, there's no argument to be had