Comment on Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• 9bananas@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i mean…an app directly copying a black mirror episode (but almost exclusively targeting a specific demographic) does ring some very, VERY loud alarm bells…

  like, this is literally the plot of nosedive.

  it’s a social credit system.

  and none of the people even know they HAVE a score, so it’s somehow even worse than the fictional scenario.

  this will, absolutely, hurt innocents and it will do so by design.

  “fuck them innocents!”…just because they happen to be men?

  how is that anything other than misandrist?

  how is that defensible?

  how is doxxing, mass libel, and targeted harassment a solution to sexism and rape culture?

  I’d be really interested in hearing anything about how this is supposed to help women, because i struggle to see how sowing massive, unearned distrust between men and women is going to make anyone any safer…

  I’m really, REALLY glad that the GDPR would nuke this sort of nonsense from orbit…uploading pictures of strangers, for the explicit purpose of gossiping about them behind their backs, spreading awful rumors?

  what. the. actual. fuck. is wrong with you people?

  and i don’t mean women, or men, i mean americans and their total disregard for privacy and digital safety. what the hell…

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You make a valid point, this platform absolutely shits on anyone without technical knowledge, just look at the hundred or so smug replies telling you what flavor of Linux they run if you mention a problem with Windows. So, no surprise everyone is focusing on that, and not the human aspect here.

  Having said that, there is a power imbalance to this that I really don’t like, the accuser gets to hide behind a veil of anonymity, and the accused has their name published, and is forced to defend themselves.

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  • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So, no surprise everyone is focusing on that, and not the human aspect here.

    This is a technology community and the article is specifically about a security breach that exposed massive amounts of sensitive user data.

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• rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “waaa somebody wants to solve a problem that has never affected me I’m the victim”

  Everyone has the problem that they’d want to discuss others behind their back. It’s not accepted because it doesn’t work to any good end.

  “omg what if people talk behind my back they might find out I’m an asshole? literally 1984”

  You won’t find out anything from this. People sometimes lie, especially in such situations.

  but if an article about cybersecurity gets posted and this is our first reaction, makes me lose hope in Lemmy.

  Human adequacy is a big part of cybersecurity.

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• Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah, this app sucks for a variety of reasons, but holy shit the misogyny in this thread.

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  • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thanks for looking out for us. However, I, too, am a bit concerned. This is how Facebook started. The tech industry has zero ethics. I recommend women, AND men, have a trusted safety buddy when dating. When I met my spouse, I had two people who knew where I was, the person’s name, photo, employer, and where we were meeting.Do some internet stalking. If I don’t call you in an hour, come looking for me. If I call, I might ask for another hour, but you get the point.

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