Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use

Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by blitmap on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:54PM (#13870366)

So what you're saying is... Instead of Edward Snowden releasing documents confirming the widespread surveillance methods, he should have stolen and released indecent photos of dignitaries and ordinary citizens alike. That would have brought it home. :-)

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by askafriend on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:57PM (#13870400)

I think you say this sarcastically but I actually believe this type of argument does have some legs to stand on. The public reaction to Snowden's revelations would have been very different.

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by mirimir on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @03:04PM (#13870462)

Well, remember LOVEINT?

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by pjc50 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @03:48PM (#13870865)

Remember when there was a huge leak of celebrity nudes and the internet went wild? There's a huge demand for other people's nude photos to be leaked.

That's part of the problem: people don't have the solidarity to want to protect other people's privacy.

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by angry-hacker on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:38PM (#13871265)

There have been a lot of discussion and laws around "revenge porn also". For an example, in the UK it's now illegal.

Also:

"an incident with Scarlett Johansson photos that eventually lead to a ten year prison sentence of perpetrator Christopher Chaney."

Exchange the word sexually exploited with privacy invaded:

"It is a sexual violation. It's disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That's why these Web sites are responsible. Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody's mind is to make a profit from it. It's so beyond me," the "Hunger Games" actress said.

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/123222/20141012/fappening-...

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by dwighttk on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:00PM (#13871427)

Scarlett Johansson was in the Hunger Games?

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by angry-hacker on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:21PM (#13871591)

No, sorry. Two different quotes from same article. Added url.

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:49AM (#13875184)

Celebrities are treated differently. Not really the same thing.

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by M_Grey on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @10:44PM (#13873388)

Yeah. The thing is, he was probably in no position to actually get that kind of thing as some contractor. He did what he could, expecting that people would be horrified. He should have read his history.

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by keithnz on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:09PM (#13872753)

That's kind of digital terrorism really, take drastic measures that effect people at an individual level to get people to notice your cause. Though, might be very effective.

reminds me of this episode of black mirror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Dance_(Black_Mirro...

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @03:14PM (#13870556)

Well... obviously, I guess. If you actually want people to care, you need to talk about something they can relate to. It can't be abstact.

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