Data Privacy Issues Trigger Soul Searching in Tech Industry

Minimalist · Dec 12, 2018

For the tech industry, Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal has led to a wave of self-examination when it comes to the culture around data collection and utilization – and what the price is for bad data privacy policies.

While regulatory efforts, fines and consumer public sentiment might be good motives to keep tech giants honest, a larger cultural shift is needed in the tech industry’s mindset to improve the current state of affairs, experts say. They say social media companies, and other firms, need to re-evaluate the role of data misuse and even consider how breaches are disclosed.
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https://threatpost.com/data-privacy-issues-trigger-soul-searching-in-tech-industry/

deBoetie · Dec 12, 2018

Their fundamental business model is based on a non-consensual assault on privacy - how's good intentions and words going to compete with their golden goose?

mirimir · Dec 12, 2018

Somehow we got to the point where stalking people for profit was acceptable. That is just weird.

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