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Why get a warrant when you can just buy it? This whole data economy has significantly undermined privacy, including 4th amendment protections.
Admissible evidence probably requires parallel construction and then a warrant. The purchased data is the catalyst but not legally actionable.
However, regardless, we really need to just kill the data broker business model.
Speaking as someone who implemented GDPR for my startup when the law first came into effect, there were certainly rough edges.
But the core premise that you simply cannot sell user data to sub-processors without consent is a powerful one that I believe would fix a lot of broken things in the US system.
(Not least because the USG buys private data that would be unconstitutional for it to directly collect, but also things like the incentives for your cell phone provider to sell your location data to advertisers.)
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That sounds not so much as a flaw, as a conscious product decision. And to be honest, doesn't sound like a bad one, not every app needs to work or look the same way, as long as people have choices, they can be responsible for the choices they make. If someone wants a safer but boring app or if someone wants a cute "who gives a fuck about privacy" app, both should be fine.
The government does NOT let people have choices in many cases. People should NOT be forced to choose between medical privacy and potential prosecution. That your comment even implied that would be acceptable in this context is appalling.
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A comparable FOSS app called Drip has been on F-Droid since forever.
Drip has a paradoxical flaw: by trying to be extremely inclusive and making a "gender-neutral" app (without the colour pink) to include trans people, it discourages some people from using it. At least, my friend told me she thought the design was ugly and was looking for a "cute" app, so she ended up using Flo instead of Drip despite my many warnings. I think FLOSS apps often forget that not everyone is a developer o…
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A comparable FOSS app called Drip has been on F-Droid since forever.
Drip has a paradoxical flaw: by trying to be extremely inclusive and making a "gender-neutral" app (without the colour pink) to include trans people, it discourages some people from using it. At least, my friend told me she thought the design was ugly and was looking for a "cute" app, so she ended up using Flo instead of Drip despite my many warnings. I think FLOSS apps often forget that not everyone is a developer o…
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Drip has a paradoxical flaw: by trying to be extremely inclusive and making a "gender-neutral" app (without the colour pink) to include trans people, it discourages some people from using it. At least, my friend told me she thought the design was ugly and was looking for a "cute" app, so she ended up using Flo instead of Drip despite my many warnings. I think FLOSS apps often forget that not everyone is a developer o…
Regardless of your opinion on gender and identity politics, surely people can agree that only biological women have periods.
> only biological women have periods
generally, yes, but there are so many edge cases there with intersex people that it is far easier and more inclusive to just say roughly 50 percent of the human population has periods and avoid having to deal with the million asterisks that come with that statement
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Admissible evidence probably requires parallel construction and then a warrant. The purchased data is the catalyst but not legally actionable.
Parallel construction like that is unambiguously fruit from the poison tree. It should never be allowed, and the fact that it is used routinely is one of the many ongoing travesties in the US.
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The spying part requires a server. If you use GrapheneOS, you can enable or disable internet access for each app.
> If you use GrapheneOS, you can enable or disable internet access for each app. Not sure what information you're expecting the app in question to surface if you disable internet access for it.
This one seems clear cut as a HIPAA violation. Glad to hear that interpretation was upheld. However, regardless, we really need to just kill the data broker business model. Speaking as someone who implemented GDPR for my startup when the law first came into effect, there were certainly rough edges. But the core premise that you simply cannot sell user data to sub-processors without consent is a powerful one that I be…
Same video, different platforms:
(https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/HIPAA:7)
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Drip has a paradoxical flaw: by trying to be extremely inclusive and making a "gender-neutral" app (without the colour pink) to include trans people, it discourages some people from using it. At least, my friend told me she thought the design was ugly and was looking for a "cute" app, so she ended up using Flo instead of Drip despite my many warnings. I think FLOSS apps often forget that not everyone is a developer o…
Regardless of your opinion on gender and identity politics, surely people can agree that only biological women have periods.