Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have...
by ldbooth on Sunday April 04, 2021 @02:45PM
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Companies effectively run the government, via the 2 party system and the back and forth of high level corporate execs back and forth into gov't. They don't want to rock the boat once that bountiful position is achieved. That said, how to get the government to regulate corporations who regulate the government. Maybe I'm becoming too cynical, but there has to be an externality like the great depression in order for The People to take back the reigns of power (at least in the US).
Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have...
by op03 on Sunday April 04, 2021 @04:34AM
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Wont happen. All the politicians world over have been trained like Pavlovs dogs to chase Likes as a route to power. So its like asking addicts to not just give up their drugs but to take down the cartels.
The time to shutdown Facebook has past. Now we just have to suck it up and endure them and their effects like we do Cancer.
Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have...
by black_puppydog on Sunday April 04, 2021 @04:41AM
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Again, I get the sentiment, but I disagree.
I appreciate the pragmatic stance you take, and we should definitely move to more robust identification methods.
But making this case for better ID tech should IMHO not be confused with giving facebook and the others a pass. This should never have happened, and the very fact that we have a data trove this big is already a problem. That they don't seem to even attempt to protect that data is another one.
Close that shop up. The fines for this kind of stuff (and the other stunts they've pulled) should make it economically no longer viable to keep it open, really. The first time you fuck up this hard, the fines should hurt. This is not their first time.