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> The armchair lawyer in me wonders if someone could get a libel/defamation suit going because of this. As a professional certified internet laywer I'd also add impersonation.
That seems a difficult route given that the user had to explicitly give twitter posting access permission to the app in question...
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What a repulsive link. Those images are really distasteful.... Not the pregnancy part but the staging of it. As if your entire being revolves around your stomach, and therefor so should everyone elses. Sorry, I'm sensitive to this kind of thing. As if her life suddenly has meaning, so now she has to compensate for all the lost time. Congratulations, though.
You're aware that pregnancy doesn't normally involve the stomach, right?
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I did some more digging to check that Tracey as above is in fact an employee of the company who makes this app and indeed she is: http://www.being-a-broad.com/2010/11/tracey-northcott-of-enf... There are lot's of other verification links on google, just look for "tracey northcott enfour"
What a repulsive link. Those images are really distasteful.... Not the pregnancy part but the staging of it. As if your entire being revolves around your stomach, and therefor so should everyone elses. Sorry, I'm sensitive to this kind of thing. As if her life suddenly has meaning, so now she has to compensate for all the lost time. Congratulations, though.
And what's wrong with "staging" a photo? Pregnancy is a pretty big deal, some people feel it's worth celebrating. I don't see anything wrong there at all.
Good job. I came to this thread ready to crucify this woman and her company based on their unbelievably bad design decision. Now I feel like I need to defend her from sexist creeps...
It would be obviously wrong and illegal for a stranger to come into your home, secretly inventory all physical items in your possession, and then impersonate you on, say, a global TV broadcast in which you're wrongly accused of stealing things. It should also be obviously wrong and illegal for any app secretly to inventory everything in your phone and then impersonate you on a Twitter broadcast in which you're wrongl…
Well, to continue the tortured analogy, the stranger was invited into the home, they didn't break in. Then they presented a release form to the homeowner saying they could impersonate him on TV, which the homeowner signed . Only then did they go on TV and "impersonate" him, saying things he didn't expect. I don't think it's so cut-and-dry as you are making it out. It's definitely shady, but I dare say there's nothing…
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I did some more digging to check that Tracey as above is in fact an employee of the company who makes this app and indeed she is: http://www.being-a-broad.com/2010/11/tracey-northcott-of-enf... There are lot's of other verification links on google, just look for "tracey northcott enfour"
What a repulsive link. Those images are really distasteful.... Not the pregnancy part but the staging of it. As if your entire being revolves around your stomach, and therefor so should everyone elses. Sorry, I'm sensitive to this kind of thing. As if her life suddenly has meaning, so now she has to compensate for all the lost time. Congratulations, though.
* This is on a site for expatriate women in Japan.
* This page belongs to their monthly series of profiles on various women living in Japan.
* A substantial part of her profile discusses how being pregnant and taking maternity leave affected her experiences at work.
* Nobody made you read it.
The pregnancy focus seems entirely relevant to me. And, come on, it's a major life event. Why shouldn't she be allowed to be excited about it?
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You're aware that pregnancy doesn't normally involve the stomach, right?
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Yes, you can get away with calling a uterus a "stomach" in some contexts. If you're going to flame about it, get it right.
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That seems a difficult route given that the user had to explicitly give twitter posting access permission to the app in question...
He had to give the app access to his Twitter account. That doesn't mean he explicitly gave it permission to post to his Twitter account on his behalf.
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Well, to continue the tortured analogy, the stranger was invited into the home, they didn't break in. Then they presented a release form to the homeowner saying they could impersonate him on TV, which the homeowner signed . Only then did they go on TV and "impersonate" him, saying things he didn't expect. I don't think it's so cut-and-dry as you are making it out. It's definitely shady, but I dare say there's nothing…
In the UK, I'm fairly sure this would be considered libel.
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"just what good is their fancy walled garden?" They are or have been the most highly valued company in the world. The walled garden is not for our benefit.
That is exactly what I was trying to imply. Apple and Apple fans are constantly telling us that the walled garden is four our own good. If Apple doesn't take severe action here, then they'll be all but admitting that our protection has nothing to do with it.