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LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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> It’s a very European concept, that making life difficult is a worthy pursuit This is an incredibly bold statement, and something I really cannot relate to having lived in Europe for over a decade. It comes across as more of a knee-jerk reaction from someone who believes oversight or accountability of any kind is by definition a needless burden.

I’m an incredibly bold guy. And I would personally just stop operating in the EU if it was between that and being accountable to their bureaucrats.

You do know that "the bureaucrats" is just a slur for our democratically elected government, right?

In other words, the will of the people.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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I’m an incredibly bold guy. And I would personally just stop operating in the EU if it was between that and being accountable to their bureaucrats.

Might be tough for a Florida-man to understand but there's a difference between being bold and being an a-hole.

Yeah, that's a very... interesting definition of "bold". One might argue that since operating inside a regulated environment is so out of his comfort zone, setting up shop in the EU would be the bold thing to do.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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It’s about having rights, and exercising them. If companies find that difficult to work with then they’re not even hitting the minimum baseline.

Also why should we allow such companies to exist if the vast majority of people don't like their actions? There's no fundamental right to starting a business, so might as well make businesses socially acceptable rather than fucking the public for profit.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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I’m an incredibly bold guy. And I would personally just stop operating in the EU if it was between that and being accountable to their bureaucrats.

You do know that "the bureaucrats" is just a slur for our democratically elected government, right? In other words, the will of the people.

Yeah but the opponents of the people literally believe democracy is bad and want to go back to monarchism in the form of unaccountable CEO kings that decide the will of the people.

Sadly this is like half the tech workforce too. People too brainwashed to see how destructive their work is to the world.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Oh I LOVE this, we can't have enough of these privacy-focused non-profits making tech companies' lives difficult. They have such a strong argument here, too. I can imagine that whoever came up with this is very pleased with theirselves, and rightfully so.

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Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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I'm not a fan of how LinkedIn operates ... or the culture there in general. At the same time I wonder what happens when users realize everything they look at is now more visible than ever? People just make fake accounts for browsing? Maybe it should be that way, but there's an interesting dynamic to "what you look at (even if not a full picture) is visible to some people".

Like a reverse panopticon - a truly terrifying concept if you tease it out …

I’m interested in hearing your thoughts further on this…

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Oh I LOVE this, we can't have enough of these privacy-focused non-profits making tech companies' lives difficult. They have such a strong argument here, too. I can imagine that whoever came up with this is very pleased with theirselves, and rightfully so.

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Correction, we hate making money at the expense of other peoples rights and liberties. It's kind of frustrating to have to explain that to US folks over and over again... all that "freedom" in their things is apparently very decorative.

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Correction, we hate making money at the expense of other peoples rights and liberties. It's kind of frustrating to have to explain that to US folks over and over again... all that "freedom" in their things is apparently very decorative.

Depends on what you mean by right. Oftentimes it's rephrased as "The other guy's obligation".
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