• slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    These companies should be forced to pay big money to each and every person affected by these breaches. Not like $120. Like $10,000 per. Teach them real lessons

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      7 months ago

      Even $120 would be amazing. I just got an email that said too bad. I just bought a monitor cause that’s where they sold it. Idk why they have to save my info. I just want to pay for the product. If it was up to me, they would delete all my info immediately. They only need to record when the serial number was sold anyway.

      Oh if only I was European.

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      7 months ago

      In the case of this breach, I’d be happy with a $10 payout, the consequences for me are actually pretty low here. That being said, I think we’d be lucky if Dell had to pay more than $0.50 per person, and that money will probably go to a lawyer’s fees, not me.

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      7 months ago

      The thing with tik tok isn’t only with the data China can gather from US residents. It’s also how they can use that information to influence the populace and send them propaganda, for example influencing the election results.

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        7 months ago

        They can also gather information about our politicians who use it and blackmail them to get what they want

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          7 months ago

          Yep. But I guess it was already banned on government phones right? (not from the US, so I’m not all that up to date…)

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        7 months ago

        Ok, what information could they gather and how would they use that to influence an election?

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          7 months ago

          The section Methods on the Cambridge Analytica wiki page explains it pretty well. While it’s not proven to be able to directly influence voting, it’s effective at swaying people’s opinions and emotions about subjects.