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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by akuji1993 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:12AM (#17652179)
You don't always have the choice of just up and go. I developed a system for an american startup that gathered everything it could get its hands on through their Gmail accounts. Did I think that's unethical? Yes, but just quitting wasn't an option and it was perfectly legal. I switched to a new company when I could afford it and am now much happier. But suggesting to just quit the moment your company behaves unethical is a little optimistic.
Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by CydeWeys on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @06:40PM (#17657923)
It's not perfectly legal if you ever do it to an EU user, now. This is why GDPR has some upsides -- it changes what was formerly just unethical into being illegal, which means that we as software engineers can push back against it more strongly.
Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by akuji1993 on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:47AM (#17660400)
We actually developed a GDPR module for about three weeks to catch that case. So we are legal again, since we provide all the tools you need to delete your data.