Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16

Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by throw_pm23 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @05:46AM (#42075502)

No, I think you having the data is also creepy. I wouldn't want my wife to follow all my steps, and neither would she.

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by JKCalhoun on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:12AM (#42075651)

Our family (my daughters, wife) has had Find My paired on our phones since, well 2010 when it was introduced. We like it.

I remember watching my sister and her husband calling each other frequently with, "How far are you away from home?" and just kind of scratched my head. (I think I have sinced talked them into enabling Find My.)

When my wife or I want to call a daughter we can see immediately if they are at work or at home... things like that are nice. There's also an indescribable sweetness to just looking longingly in on a daughter who is far away and wondering how her day is going. Empty nest blues? (Or maybe Miner at the Dial-A-View.)

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by dagw on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:22AM (#42075708)

and just kind of scratched my head

Can you at least conceive that some people might find it deeply creepy that someone can follow their every step, and equally creepy to be able to 'spy' on another person 24/7?

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by giancarlostoro on Thursday November 07, 2024 @07:03AM (#42075916)

Sure but those of us who have this sort of tracking for our loved ones enabled arent looking at that 24/7, and if you are referring to the corporations, well they already were. At least now they have made it useful to everyday people.

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by throw_pm23 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @08:41AM (#42076555)

I find the corporations doing it less creepy than my loved ones. To be clear, I think both are bad, but for different reasons.

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by giancarlostoro on Thursday November 07, 2024 @08:59AM (#42076691)

If you don't trust someone with your location, you don't have to give it to them. Personally I find the corporations angle more creepy. You cannot personally vet the people they hire, but you know who you give access to your address to. Outside of family, only one friend ever drops me his location information temporarily because he drives his truck and he uses it to give me a heads up when he's near him in town, in case we can hang out. I mostly ignore it though unless he tells me how close he is.

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by JKCalhoun on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:28AM (#42075727)

I can imagine it. (And in this case I think my sister and her husband simply hadn't yet adapted to the new technology they had at their disposal.)

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by CJefferson on Friday November 08, 2024 @03:46AM (#42085346)

Yes, and they can choose not to do that. If they don’t want companies doing it, they better not have a turned on android or iPhone device with them.

But I don’t think it’s a distopian nightmare that I want it.

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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by brokenmachine on Monday November 11, 2024 @07:55PM (#42111864)

If your daughter or wife decided that she didn't want to be tracked by you any more, would you happily accept her wishes, or would you assume that she had "something to hide"?

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