That's your view of human rights...? Well okay, I guess you and I will never see eye to eye.
> You suggest I “look into it further” as if I didn’t just say I was a privacy researcher.
I was responding to your statement, not your credentials. I don't say this to insult you, only to explain because you seem to want an explanation, but your statement was ignorant and lacking nuance. (Your statement, not you personally.)
Would be nice if I could respond to all of you in one place, because y’all are more or less saying the same thing.
In don’t appreciate the personal attacks on my character. It’s really a testament to my point, though. The internet is private enough that you feel comfortable commenting fighting words from behind a keyboard. Hypocrites the lot of you.
It’s perfectly reasonable to say that I have no moral commitment to improving the online privacy situation in light of your given example. State actors in Saudi Arabia are so far removed from a typical citizen that they’re completely irrelevant to the discussion.
I started getting a PhD in device fingerprinting and quit when it became apparent that my views were relatively far removed from most people in the field.
I’m trying to say that the current privacy situation is good enough. The status quo can’t be abused such that money can be made.
maxbond|2 years ago
That's your view of human rights...? Well okay, I guess you and I will never see eye to eye.
> You suggest I “look into it further” as if I didn’t just say I was a privacy researcher.
I was responding to your statement, not your credentials. I don't say this to insult you, only to explain because you seem to want an explanation, but your statement was ignorant and lacking nuance. (Your statement, not you personally.)
comfypotato|2 years ago
In don’t appreciate the personal attacks on my character. It’s really a testament to my point, though. The internet is private enough that you feel comfortable commenting fighting words from behind a keyboard. Hypocrites the lot of you.
It’s perfectly reasonable to say that I have no moral commitment to improving the online privacy situation in light of your given example. State actors in Saudi Arabia are so far removed from a typical citizen that they’re completely irrelevant to the discussion.
maxbond|2 years ago
But would you please explain to us why it is you choose to use a pseudonym?
Were I to ask (which I won't) that you share your name and address, would that make you uncomfortable?
bratgpttamer|2 years ago
> [I just said] I was a privacy researcher.
Is "privacy researcher" some kind of euphemism here?
> There’s no money in being a creep about it, so people mind their own business.
> The data collection is all about money.
I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say.
comfypotato|2 years ago
I’m trying to say that the current privacy situation is good enough. The status quo can’t be abused such that money can be made.