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Re:Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites by hnzix on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:56PM (#22940960)
If Stripe are indeed tracking mouse movements to detect bot traffic (which is plausible) then that seems broadly ethical and reasonable from an ethical perspective.
Re:Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites by ganstyles on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @02:32PM (#22948693)
In the same way that if the government is tracking our private conversations to detect human traffickers then it's broadly ethical and reasonable from an ethical perspective?
Re:Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites by joshuamorton on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:33PM (#22949306)
Can you explain how the privacy violation of tracking mouse movements on a subset of online markets is similar in scope or substance to tracking all conversation?

I see a number of obvious differences: I can opt out of purchasing from stripe-managed sites, while I cannot opt out of dragnet government monitoring. I can imagine less invasive ways of stopping human trafficking, while I cannot for fraud prevention, etc.