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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by neepi on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:37PM (#44182602)
It’s because they are assholes and think they can get away with it. There’s no other reason.

Now imagine what would happen without any regulation at all…

Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by SoftTalker on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:48PM (#44183496)
Businesses move faster than regulation. Not that we give up on regulation, but the problem is deeper. As John Adams wrote: We have no Government armed with Power capable of contending with human Passions unbridled by morality and Religion. Avarice, Ambition, Revenge or Gallantry, would break the strongest Cords of our Constitution as a Whale goes through a Net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by yencabulator on Thursday June 05, 2025 @05:03PM (#44195750)
Nah that's just poor regulation. Try telling a Nordic judge that what you did was technically not illegal, you'll find you're still liable. It's all about intent and spirit of the law vs letter of the law.
Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by yua_mikami on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:45PM (#44182682)
Sadly they do get away with it.
Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by dylan604 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:07PM (#44182963)
There is no thinking. They do get away with it. Why are you trying to tap dance around this?
Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by neepi on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:08PM (#44182985)
Well I have some hope in time that they stop getting away with it and are punished for getting away with it for a long time.
Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by dylan604 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:24PM (#44183186)
either I'm a jaded summabitch or you must be new. there is no evidence your hope is warranted in the vast historical evidence of evilCorp getting away with it