Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers

Re:Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:39PM (#22175902)

While I laud the call to be optimistic, Equifax debacle taught us that people can be desentized to seemingly constant stream of news about breaches. And that one breach actually affected people's money.. something sacred in US.

I am honestly not sure what would have to happen. Cynical part of me thinks a powerful senator needs to be seriously compromised, exposed and then, if he/she retains power, things might change a little.

Another option is to attempt to run yourself and be the change you want to see, but I have charisma of a wet blanket so it is not an option for me.

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Re:Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers by derefr on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:29PM (#22176636)

> Equifax debacle taught us that people can be desentized to seemingly constant stream of news about breaches.

Well, sure, because "a breach" isn't anything scary in-and-of-itself, it's just the possibility of something scary.

If tons of people were suddenly victims of credit-card fraud or identity fraud due to the breaches, I don't think that would have been desensitizing in the same way, because that's a real consequence, not just the possibility of one.

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