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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by dllthomas on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:22PM (#25369675)
I think your point is interesting if not conclusive, and I think your down-voters missed your final paragraph, but I think you're missing something here:

> The counter-measures necessary - hermetically sealed living space, faraday cage enclosure - are so burdensome that only people who currently live in bunkers will implement them for their living spaces.

There are a lot of situations we forbid activity that is difficult to prevent (and sometimes difficult to detect).

Whether trying to use the law to deter here is worthwhile, meaningless, or harmful isn't necessarily clear - but it deserves consideration in addition to outright prevention.

Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by nine_k on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:37AM (#25370542)
I'm afraid it's like forbidding drugs.

It definitely somehow limits their use, but anybody really interested is able to obtain them illegally, or produce them themselves.

I'm afraid the same will be true about micro-drones or whatever else the post suggests.

Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by dllthomas on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:06PM (#25378666)
I definitely agree that there's a risk of that, but I think it deserves to be included in the analysis.

It's different from drugs in that one of the participants is unwilling, though I don't know whether that's a big enough difference - particularly given that that participant is also unwitting.

Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by thraway12 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @02:15AM (#25370788)
or it's not original...
Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by strbean on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:00AM (#25453026)
Oh no, did someone post an unoriginal thought on the internet?