Re:Lawsuits Aim Billions in Fines at Equifax and Ad-Targetin...
by rtb on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:38PM
(#18424356)
"Brian Vecci, technical evangelist at Varonis,
elaborated on what he saw as the downside of the
zeal to crack down on data brokers.
“Entire business models could be declared illegal
and have to be scrapped if these complaints are
valid, and that might be a bad thing for
consumers,"
Sounds great to me. He has completely failed to show any real downside.
Re:Lawsuits Aim Billions in Fines at Equifax and Ad-Targetin...
by NeedMoreTea on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:50PM
(#18423940)
I'm sure Europe would be delighted if all these ad targeting parasites and a credit reference agency that can't keep data secure left. 150m records with credit card details and addresses wasn't it?
Life in Europe and online would probably be noticeably nicer without.
Re:Lawsuits Aim Billions in Fines at Equifax and Ad-Targetin...
by zaru27 on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:09PM
(#18424248)
Are you implying balkanization of the internet is a bad thing? An open internet seems like a stoner hippie concept - as it stands currently, we're playing around in an open field while China has built a fortress next door and is lobbing rocks down on us.
Yes, that'd be a good thing.
In other news the Balkanization of the Internet continues unabated (as I predicted years ago).
Life in Europe and online would probably be noticeably nicer without.