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terrymr t1_jchvu00 wrote

Reply to comment by drawkbox in FTC Finalizes Order Requiring Fortnite maker Epic Games to Pay $245 Million for Tricking Users into Making Unwanted Charges by redbellx86

>According to the FTC’s complaint, Epic also locked the accounts of customers who disputed unauthorized charges with their credit card companies.

There's far too much of this going on. All kinds of service providers will ban you from their platform for any chargebacks. Kind of negates the protection that you're paying for with a credit card.

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angryve t1_jchvlyy wrote

Reply to comment by GhostOfKingGilgamesh in Amazon sued for not telling New York store customers about facial recognition by thebelsnickle1991

Dude. The government already has this data if you have any kind of social media presence and plenty of licenses for everything from Clearview to briefcam and anything in between. Your phone provides more usable intel on you than any biometric marker could hope to achieve (given the state of the tech)The problem isn’t the tool. The problem is that the regulations around the usage of that data, particularly by law enforcement, are basically nonexistent. More laws need to be in place to meet minimum viable standards of efficacy (because police can lower recognition thresholds, get a match, and use that as a lead) and what situations they CAN use it in. I think people overestimate how much the government tracks it’s citizens (most of us aren’t interesting), and underestimates how often they’re tracked and manipulated by apps on their phone.

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pobody t1_jchuee3 wrote

Reply to Former Meta employee says staff were 'hoarded like Pokémon cards' by nastyjman

Smells like specious reasoning. The tech talent pool is so large that no one company could make a dent in it no matter how fast or how much they hired. And what's the point in spending all that money to maybe slow down a competitor by what, a quarter? Weeks?

Never underestimate the stupidity of management. These people had nothing to do simply because management had no idea how to use them and wanted to grow products without a plan or proper hiring strategy.

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bpetersonlaw t1_jchub4r wrote

Reply to Amazon sued for not telling New York store customers about facial recognition by thebelsnickle1991

I mean Amazon violated a NYC law requiring a notice that you were being tracked.

On the other hand, this was a store where the whole idea is that you are tracked and add things to your bag and leave without checking out. What do people think was going to happen? Obviously they are watching to see who grabs what so they can charge your account.

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marketrent OP t1_jchnc8r wrote

Reply to Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to Ottawa private equity firm by marketrent

Excerpt from the linked content^1 by Joe Lofaro:

>MindGeek, the Montreal-based parent company of the controversial website Pornhub, has been acquired by a private equity firm.

>Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), an Ottawa-based firm, announced Thursday it is taking over the company, which has faced criticism in recent years for allegedly hosting illegal content, including child sexual abuse material, on the world's largest porn site.

>ECP's website describes itself as a firm that seeks "investment and advisory opportunities in industries that require principled ethical leadership."

>The terms of the deal are not being made public. MindGeek, which was founded in Montreal in 2004, has a vast portfolio that also includes other pornographic properties, such as YouPorn, Redtube, Brazzers, Men.com, and Sean Cody.

^1 Joe Lofaro for CTV/Bell Canada, 16 Mar. 2023, https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/pornhub-owner-mindgeek-sold-to-private-equity-firm-1.6316373

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