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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2019 02:57:38 EDT Strypey

   @kaniini that would involve proving intent to violate privacy though, or at least gross negligence in failing to prevent violation. A law that fined anyone who got pwned, resulting in privacy violation, would put pretty much everyone out of business (including not-fot-profits), except the #datafarm corporations that can afford armies of lawyers, and get away with not paying fines.

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2019 03:01:02 EDT Strypey

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      @kaniini OTOH if a service make the bulk of their revenue from protecting privacy, instead of from systematically violating it, they wouldn't need to be scared of privacy-protection laws to do the right thing. I'm not against carefully designed government regulation, but the OP is right that it's not a magic wand, and you have to be *very* careful of #UnintendedConsequences