Facebook caught snooping on Snapchat users. What is going on?

https://tuta.com/blog/what-is-going-on-at-facebook

by shaunpud • 2 years ago

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pmontra• 2 years ago

This kind of things will stop only if there will be legislation in place to let somebody say "No, I'm not doing this because [leaving out moral considerations] if we get caught everybody in this meeting room gets jailed and everybody working at the software too."

bheadmaster5• 2 years ago

Why should engineers be jailed for management decisions?

Engineers are just told to build the mechanisms for passing data around. It's management that actually decides whether or not to collect data and what to do with it.

23B12• 2 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders

bondarchuk• 2 years ago

Real punishment for engineers might give them more power (and incentive) to push back against management.

MikusR• 2 years ago

You mean rage baiting with misleading headlines?

yorwba2• 2 years ago

Do you think users should be prohibited from installing software on their own devices to monitor and analyze their internet usage?

Or do you think they should be allowed to do that, but they should be prohibited from selling that data to a third party?

Or do you think they should be allowed to do that, but said third party should be prohibited from using that data to analyze their competitors' apps?

Or do you think they should be allowed to do that, but the user should be informed very clearly exactly what kind of data they're selling and what kinds of sensitive information they might be revealing about themselves?

Exactly where in the chain do you put the point where someone gets jailed?

tetris11• 2 years ago

The first two, the user is in control of their data. The rest, they aren't.

The comment doesn't track well either: the user is already being advertised to by using these services and understands the transaction. The user becoming the product too, is not clear to the user.

helsinkiandrew2• 2 years ago

Currently this is a moral issue not a legal one - the users consented to Facebook snooping (capturing analytics) when they accepted the privacy policy and terms of service when they installed the VPN and root certificates.

helsinkiandrew2• 2 years ago

Previously HN discussions on TechCrunch, Gizmodo, and ArsTechnica articles:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39832952 (73 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39836513 (27 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39857078 (22 comments)

ChrisArchitect• 2 years ago

[dupe]

More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39858850

Facebook caught snooping on Snapchat users. What is going on?

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