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by worik 38 days ago
> The relevant facts are that the website owner voluntarily put the tracking code...

The civil discussion should now be about the punishment for that.

Regulation is required for handling people's data
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dylan604 38 days ago
Sounds like that will work similar to incarcerating drug users instead of the drug makers and distribution network?
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janalsncm 38 days ago
In your analogy I would argue the website owners are analogous to the distribution network and Meta/Tiktok are analogous to the manufacturers.

But I also don’t think it’s perfect because usually drug users know they are buying drugs whereas with tracking pixels it’s being done secretly.

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dylan604 38 days ago
Sure, but that's getting too far into it. Not that you're wrong though. The point was, the people that make the thing never/rarely get punished, but it is the individuals that get the hammer. If websites get fined for running the evilCorp SDKs, then the problem would be more effectively solved by going after evilCorp for providing the SDK. If there was no SDK nor reward for using it, the websites being fined would not have needed to be fined. Trying to scare people into not doing something is much less effective
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joquarky 38 days ago
The former can't afford lawyers.
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