EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Companies’ Data Collection

Re:EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Compani... by pizzetta on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:02AM (#14114854)

While the right to be forgotten can recall "sanitization" or some kind of censorship, kids should be able to have their histories and everything associated with them pre-adulthood expunged. As kids we all did silly and regrettable things. It'll be a shame if we allow those things to follow people thought-out their lives.

As kids we're exploring all kinds of ideas --some good, some regrettable, but we should be able to explore them without fear these crumbs of exploration will follow us in to the future as if we were fully mature and aware as we explored ideas.

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Re:EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Compani... by jstanley on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:28AM (#14115001)

> As kids we're exploring all kinds of ideas --some good, some regrettable, but we should be able to explore them without fear these crumbs of exploration will follow us in to the future as if we were fully mature and aware as we explored ideas.

Why shouldn't everybody be allowed to explore ideas without consequence?

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Re:EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Compani... by pizzetta on Friday April 14, 2017 @03:13PM (#14116454)

When you are a kid you can get into the wrong crowd and easily want to explore stupid things (bullying, drugs, bias, prejudice, etc.) Adults don't have the luxury or excuse of youth to say, "it was a stupid thing to say, but my thoughts were immature and my mind and self are still developing". There are some things that one as an adult should not "get away with" where non-adults should, in my estimation.

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Re:EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Compani... by Silhouette on Friday April 14, 2017 @03:30PM (#14116589)

Adults don't have the luxury or excuse of youth to say, "it was a stupid thing to say, but my thoughts were immature and my mind and self are still developing".

Perhaps we should, at least more than we do in practice today. I'm not sure enforcing conservative views or limiting open debate on controversial subjects is good for either the individuals involved or society as a whole.

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Re:EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Compani... by nebabyte on Friday April 14, 2017 @05:25PM (#14117546)

Right to remember in the public sphere, right to be forgotten in the private sphere.

Negating the first is Animal Farm. Negating the second is the Panopticon.

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Re:EFF’s “Spying on Students” Report Highlights Tech Compani... by mirimir on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:09AM (#14114886)

Yes, this!

In criminal law, that used to be the norm.

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