News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for the United States. Parent comment

Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by 13years on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:50AM (#18121028)
There is also the aspect that apparently there are plenty of people who are completely happy with exchanging data for free services.

For example:

"No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/29/643386327/no...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by howard941 on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:42PM (#18123296)
The students can't buy coffee from that joint even if they want to: Their money's no good, they only take data. Wow.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by Tsubasachan on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:43PM (#18123306)
Risky. If you ever run for political office the media will find out how much alcohol you REALLY drank at university.
[ Parent | on HN ]