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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by TAForObvReasons on Monday May 28, 2018 @10:07PM (#17175945)
> I don’t know why those principals are so hard for people to swallow.

The top comment from a post yesterday explains it very well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17165707

> Because Facebook and Google have been guided by the principal: if it's not illegal, it's ethical.

The problem with that philosophy is that if you've normalized any questionable behavior on the basis that it is legal, the natural response will be stronger legislation. The "unstated rules" around privacy and people's personal information have been broken.

Any ire at forthcoming regulation should be directed at the bad actors, like Facebook and Google.

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Re:Vermont passes first law to crack down on data brokers by ASalazarMX on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:51AM (#17180236)
> Any ire at forthcoming regulation should be directed at the bad actors, like Facebook and Google.

Agreed, but the buyers of said information should be scrutinized too. If they are willing to pay money for that information, what are they using it for?

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