News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Vanishing Violence by baxtr on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:58PM (#19455321)
GDPR has served as very well so far by limiting our choices. Thanks EU!
Re:Vanishing Violence by Const-me on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:47PM (#19455942)
Same error from Montenegro, which is not in the EU.
Re:Vanishing Violence by Kluny on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:13PM (#19456195)
Re:Vanishing Violence by Const-me on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:16PM (#19456228)
Yes, it does. Thank you.
Re:Vanishing Violence by umvi on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:52PM (#19456537)
Well, seems to me like a case of having your cake and eating it too. Which would you rather have: greater choice or greater privacy?

EU chose the latter at the expense of the former.

Re:Vanishing Violence by gr__or on Friday March 22, 2019 @04:13PM (#19466442)
Number 3, please. A world in which there's other ways to give back then selling out your privacy, thereby having great choice and privacy simultaneously. I know, I'm naive.
Re:Vanishing Violence by baxtr on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:00PM (#19456619)
You’re right. But: No one asked me to make a trade-off decision. Now I can’t chose anymore. Also: what has really changed with GDPR?
Re:Vanishing Violence by hindsightbias on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:17PM (#19455557)
Regulatory Capture goes both ways.
Re:Vanishing Violence by DarkWiiPlayer on Friday March 22, 2019 @05:26AM (#19460782)
Hey, it's the website that decided to block you. GDPR just tells them to play nice, they decided they'd rather not play at all.
Re:Vanishing Violence by baxtr on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:22AM (#19462258)
Of course, but my logic is like this:

- Is GDPR crating a new hurdle for websites around the globe? YES

- Will every website follow GDPR? NO

- Is GDPR creating privacy value for the user? I am not sure

Thus, it’s a classical trade-off decision. So far I’m not seeing the benefits. The downside is very clearly demonstrated in the above example.