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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by swixm on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:36PM (#20268182)
Isn't this expected to happen? Especially back then... It might not fly in this day and age I guess.
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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by rolltiide on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:44PM (#20268264)
It is perfectly normal and easier and prevalent in this day and age

https://www.fullstory.com/

One javascript import statement and you are recording your users entire session activity

There are whole startups offering this service to other startups

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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by pavel_lishin on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:45PM (#20268279)
We're not talking about the 1300's. If it's unethical now, it was unethical then.
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