Yeah, I understand and I actually agree. The GDPR is not doing enough, yet it’s the best effort we have made. I usually see criticism from the other side, eg. “regulation bad”.
If it were up to me, I’d just say that the surveillance capitalism industry should be outlawed completely, treated the same as slave and arms trading. It’s actively making the world worse for most people.
surveillance capitalism industry should be outlawed completely
Can I ask what you hope to achieve with that?
It would fail to address many of the problems I see with the whole industry. EG you could still do AB testing because that’s not surveillance. At the same time, it would have negative consequences. That data can be used for good or evil. I think the potential for good is greater, even as it stands now.
It is already being used for evil. I just don’t see a reality where you can trust the government or companies with data like that. I would love if that reality existed though.
Thinking about it, I would say that for answering “does this demographic at large like or need this” shaped questions can be answered by using relatively small samples without identifying every single individual in the group. If you want to help a group, that’s enough, since people in the group really want your thing to happen, they will come forward. If you want to do something to everyone in the group against their will, that becomes harder.
I think I just value being able to hide my affiliations to certain groups, I want to be able to get out of my bubble and not have a label everywhere I go.
Yeah, I understand and I actually agree. The GDPR is not doing enough, yet it’s the best effort we have made. I usually see criticism from the other side, eg. “regulation bad”.
If it were up to me, I’d just say that the surveillance capitalism industry should be outlawed completely, treated the same as slave and arms trading. It’s actively making the world worse for most people.
Can I ask what you hope to achieve with that?
It would fail to address many of the problems I see with the whole industry. EG you could still do AB testing because that’s not surveillance. At the same time, it would have negative consequences. That data can be used for good or evil. I think the potential for good is greater, even as it stands now.
It is already being used for evil. I just don’t see a reality where you can trust the government or companies with data like that. I would love if that reality existed though.
Thinking about it, I would say that for answering “does this demographic at large like or need this” shaped questions can be answered by using relatively small samples without identifying every single individual in the group. If you want to help a group, that’s enough, since people in the group really want your thing to happen, they will come forward. If you want to do something to everyone in the group against their will, that becomes harder.
I think I just value being able to hide my affiliations to certain groups, I want to be able to get out of my bubble and not have a label everywhere I go.