Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed

Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by hackinthebochs on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:00PM (#19324280)

But the important point that it lost on the tech crowd is that being unconcerned about their privacy doesn't make them wrong. Tech people think because they know more about the details of the system and they've deemed it a clear and present danger to civilization, that everyone who disagrees is wrong or stupid. But this is nothing more than extreme hubris.

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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by blub on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @09:30PM (#19325105)

Actually it does make them wrong.

Privacy is not a "tech crowd" concern, it's a fundamental aspect of our societies and a human right.

Most people don't have to think too much about their freedoms because others fought for them and continue to do so.

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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by hackinthebochs on Thursday March 07, 2019 @06:14AM (#19327163)

>fundamental aspect of our societies and a human right.

"Privacy" isn't an absolute term, so saying privacy is a human right is pretty vacuous.

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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by krageon on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:10AM (#19326608)

You start with a premise: "They are not wrong", but you then don't really make a case for why it doesn't make them wrong. All you say is "if you don't agree with me, that's hubris". That's not a very compelling argument and it's also humorous to me for how ironic that is.

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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by hackinthebochs on Thursday March 07, 2019 @06:13AM (#19327160)

There's nothing "ironic" about challenging a unsupported moral claim with its negation. That's usually the only response such claims warrant.

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Re:Facebook Still Tracks People on Yelp, Duolingo, Indeed by smallgovt on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:03PM (#19330381)

I think you'll find a lot of coherent arguments for privacy's value in this thread.

It goes along the lines of: Privacy is valuable because without privacy A, B, and C will be possible. And, we can all agree A, B, and C would be very very bad.

There are two ways to attack this argument: 1) A, B, and C aren't that bad when compared to the benefits of operating in an environment with less privacy. 2) A, B, and C are possible but unlikely. I.e. this is fearmongering.

I tend to go with 2.

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