Re:Code I’m Still Ashamed Of
by whack on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @07:18AM
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We really need some way for whistleblowers to reveal all the dysfunctions within their company, and a way for consumers to easily get access to this information while they are surfing the web. Some combination of wikileaks + Glassdoor + yelp, in a fraud-resistant manner, that's easily accessible on-the-fly without too much effort. If companies knew they would be held accountable for breaking user trust, they would really think twice.
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Re:Code I’m Still Ashamed Of
by nf05papsjfVbc on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @08:27AM
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The problem is that the general public doesn't care as much as you'd care about these things. If one were to call oneself a whistleblower by announcing that a company made the email signup 'opt-out' instead of 'opt-in', in all likeliness, no one will take it seriously.
And as long as people are willing to give attention, time, money or a combination in exchange of something, it's highly likely that this 'something' will remain profitable and there lies the incentive to keep doing it.
For instance, if one were to work on a browser, who do you think has a greater incentive to allow adblocking: Firefox or Chrome?
> by announcing that a company made the email signup 'opt-out' instead of 'opt-in', in all likeliness, no one will take it seriously.
Nitpick, but what the first comment said was that the signup happens regardless of whether you check/uncheck the box.
On the other hand, whistleblowing for misuse of customer data (which I'm sure is rampant) might be more effective.