Only homophobia there is the kind you imagined into it.
Article discusses european privacy laws as they relate to romantic/sexual preferences/arrangements that stopped being taboo long ago. At the same time, most european countries have no strong protection of political free speech, so you can be fined or jailed for unpopular opinions--which in many cases, tech companies are required to report.
And even in the US, where we do have constitutional protections, if my helicopter vid in the grinder profile leaks, it's like, "oh gee, i sure hope mom doesn't see" whereas, if the bossman finds out that i'm boycotting sabra hummus on FB, i lose my damn job.
edit: I like privacy, but thanks to technology, now it's a losing battle. A better arrangement would be if we just didn't exploit/destroy people for any leakages/revelations about their inner lives.
Article discusses european privacy laws as they relate to romantic/sexual preferences/arrangements that stopped being taboo long ago. At the same time, most european countries have no strong protection of political free speech, so you can be fined or jailed for unpopular opinions--which in many cases, tech companies are required to report.
And even in the US, where we do have constitutional protections, if my helicopter vid in the grinder profile leaks, it's like, "oh gee, i sure hope mom doesn't see" whereas, if the bossman finds out that i'm boycotting sabra hummus on FB, i lose my damn job.
edit: I like privacy, but thanks to technology, now it's a losing battle. A better arrangement would be if we just didn't exploit/destroy people for any leakages/revelations about their inner lives.