Notices by IndyR (indyr@hachyderm.io)

@aral I commend you both for making the ethical choice, despite normalization of abandoning ethics for $$ in the industry. This does speak volumes. Especially considering there hasn’t been a significant shift in public behaviour in the wake of companies like Theranos. FOMO is the Stockholm Syndrome of tech, and with the economy dipping, the public needs to abandon the mentality that their personal data doesn’t have value. Hopefully posts like yours will be a wake up call.

@aral Agreed, and yet few had reservations when companies like Google implemented school “solutions” which begin tracking activity from children as early as kindergarten. Trying to opt out is virtually impossible, and school boards typically do not understand or evaluate beyond face-value because of the perception of “free” services. We are certainly already there, but is the scope of this issue already past the point of creating severe consequences that are beyond reproach?