Re:Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools
by ryandrake on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:12PM
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If someone parks their van across the street from my home, sits there writing down everything they see me do, following me to work to do the same, I can’t show you tangible harm. I think most people can agree that it’s reasonable to object to this, no matter what the stalker’s benign stated purpose is.
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Re:Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools
by repolfx on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:57AM
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It's only reasonable to object because of the inference that the stalker in question is about to do something much worse.
There are other cases where no such inference is possible, for example, if the person writing things down is a tax inspector investigating benefits fraud. In that case objections on privacy grounds would be ignored.