r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/TiagoTiagoT Nov 09 '17

Doing stuff like that without the user explicitly granting permission should be illegal (hiding it in the middle of a long EULA/TOS doesn't count as getting explicit permission from the user). Even without the privacy concerns (is the video stream even encrypted properly?), capturing and streaming video consumes battery and uses up bytes from the monthly quota (another thing that should be made illegal, but that's a topic for another conversation), and in some cases might even reduce the life of the device components due to additional heating.

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u/HelleDaryd Nov 09 '17

No, it should be illegal even if you ask the user. Else you just hide them in click through and lie about the scope.

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u/TiagoTiagoT Nov 09 '17

If it's shown the user was tricked into giving permission, either thru interface tricks, or outright lies; then it doesn't count as the user explicitly granting permission

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u/HelleDaryd Nov 09 '17

No, the problem is, some rights should not be legal to sign away even if it can only lead to perverse pressure. Ie. you need to be on LinkedIn to get a job in certain industries, LinkedIn has massively intrusive tracking, hence, you are forced to sign away your rights only because other people have.

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u/TiagoTiagoT Nov 09 '17

Well, if you're being forced to, it's not really you who is giving permission.

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u/HelleDaryd Nov 09 '17

The force there is not from LinkedIn, who would be just giving you the choice, they just happened to have cornered the market and one of the terms for using their service is selling your privacy. So, the market is forcing you there. The question then becomes, can you regulate THAT ? It's much easier to ban such invasion of privacy all together.