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CapacitorSet
on May 23, 2018
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Zuckerberg didn’t make any friends in Europe today
Is Facebook monopoly any worse than having multiple actors in the data collection field? If anything, having more competitors would push each to be more cunning in their collection and retention of data, to appear more valuable to stakeholders.
One evil is better than two.
makapuf
on May 23, 2018
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Or having more competitors would push them to ask for data portability and thus transparency.
bertil
on May 23, 2018
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Data portability (and careless, incentivised users) is what started the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
makapuf
on May 23, 2018
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Portability meaning here moving data, not copying or sharing data.
bertil
on May 24, 2018
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I’m not sure that I am grasping the distinction you are making.
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One evil is better than two.