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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by scarejunba on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:01PM (#21022332)
Well, then, I suppose that's where our disagreement lies. I would prefer to minimize regulation controlling people so long as harm is not being done (hence I'm pro-CCPA in the ways it protects people from being harmed and disagree with it where does not actively protect from harm) and you have a different bar.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by dao- on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:09PM (#21022390)
> I would prefer to minimize regulation controlling people

That seems like a weird spin. Businesses are being regulated here, not individuals. I don't see how the law would control me.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by scarejunba on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:14PM (#21022418)
Okay, I'm happy to rewrite that whichever way you like, but I believe businesses are just groups of people. If you wish, consider that 'prefer to minimize regulation binding units of people or groups of people acting in concert'. I'm also content with it just being 'prefer to minimize regulation binding businesses or people so long as no active harm yada yada'.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by dao- on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:39PM (#21022552)
I would submit that mass surveillance is doing harm, see Cambridge Analytica and other recent scandals.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by scarejunba on Thursday September 19, 2019 @10:28PM (#21022787)
Those were non-consensual, so yes, I'm on board with not allowing them.
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