Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou...
by karaterobot on Thursday June 02, 2022 @01:03AM
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When I was a consultant, I sat in on a lot of meetings at startups who were getting near the end of their runway. So many of them talked a good game about privacy, but when they couldn't find enough revenue, they at least talked about selling user data. The main argument against it was not that it was unethical, or that they'd told users they wouldn't do it, it was that they didn't have enough users to make it worthwhile. Since then, I just do not trust any company not to keep, process, and sell my data, no matter what their nominal values or privacy policy says.
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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou...
by andrei_says_ on Thursday June 02, 2022 @01:13AM
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We need laws that makes possessing such data a liability for companies. It's the only way to make them handle it with care and reduce misuse. Should feel radioactive to them.
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou...
by moneywoes on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:49AM
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How did you get in the line of this consulting work? Sounds interesting
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou...
by karaterobot on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:00AM
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This was just ordinary software consulting; meetings on site with our clients. I often I met with their lead product people, though sometimes the founders, since the companies were small. After a while, especially if you are working from their office, people don't hide things. I'm not sure they cared, either.