Comment on Calif. Governor vetoes bill requiring opt-out signals for sale of user data

• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s also categorical bullshit in terms of technical accuracy.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think he’s talking about Do Not Track? That’s a signal that’s been in web browsers for over a decade now, but because of a lack of legal enforcement has largely been ignored by websites. To my knowledge, there’s no equivalent signal in Windows, macOS, or Linux. Though none of that stops individual app developers from putting in a setting into their app’s settings/preferences. And heck, the bill only required it to be opt-out, so in reality it would hardly have any impact on their bottom line, thanks to the tyranny of the default.

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not to mention: the government imposes onerous regulations on companies and entire industries all the damn time. Claiming “but it’s harrrrrddddddd :(“ is fucking stupid. This is computer science. Figure it out. We’re not paid as much as we are for our health. It’s because we solve hard problems. It meets the standards with its code or else it gets the hose again.

      Source: also worked several years in aerospace; currently working in biotech.

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