Microsoft AI Spying Scandal: Time to Rethink Privacy Standards

Re:Microsoft AI Spying Scandal: Time to Rethink Privacy Stan... by Maro on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:19AM (#40594106)

Good point about future exposure.

A counter-argument: people already do all sorts illegal (misdemeanor?) things every day, tracked by big tech, and nothing happens. Some examples:

• speeding: your smart phone knows what road you're on, what the speed limit is, and that you're over it

• movie piracy: Chrome knows, your OS knows, your ISP knows, your VPN provider knows, any device that is listening can tell you're watching a movie that you shouldn'be able to watch at a non-cinema GPS location

• ..

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Re:Microsoft AI Spying Scandal: Time to Rethink Privacy Stan... by bigfudge on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:41AM (#40594274)

Have there never been cases where law enforcement requested that sort of information and used it? I don’t think we know.

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Re:Microsoft AI Spying Scandal: Time to Rethink Privacy Stan... by 8372049 on Thursday June 06, 2024 @04:19AM (#40594885)

20 years ago, legal firms sending out threatening letters to people they could identify on torrent trackers was commonplace.

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Re:Microsoft AI Spying Scandal: Time to Rethink Privacy Stan... by chaoskanzlerin on Thursday June 06, 2024 @05:30AM (#40595370)

It's still quite commonplace in Germany in 2024. Typically, they claim around 1000€ in said letters, and refusing will have the case go to court, which usually rules in favor of said legal firms.

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