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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by typenil on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:32PM (#25436152)
Being skeptical of the motivations of those who write and lobby for regulation is not overly cynical - it's a recognition of reality.

The less skeptical we are, the more self-serving regulation we'll get.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by treeman79 on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:58PM (#25436497)
Had a boss that tried very hard to get us to develop some Voice verification system.

Apparently he knew all the right senators to get a regulation passed making it so all health companies would be forced to license our software.

Wasn’t technically feasible at the time. Might be now.

Freaked me out as to how evil it was.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by FireBeyond on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:04PM (#25437194)
Multiple banks and credit card companies customer support lines now say "this call may be recorded and your voice may be used for identity verification".
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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by hugi on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:36PM (#25436204)
I am very skeptical that Facebook has ever acted in their users best interest. The EU privacy laws and the GDPR are a clearly beneficial law to citizens, protecting them against hostile companies.
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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by geodel on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @06:06PM (#25436598)
Its fine that you are skeptic of FB. It is just that you seen unable to get that others can be very skeptical of EU regulations also.
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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by 8note on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:47PM (#25437569)
EU members have some ability to hold EU regulations accountable though. The only way to hold Facebook accountable is with EU regulations
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