For anyone who doesn't understand the laws in question like SYnapse, they only apply to sites or corporations that are processing or revealing your data. We do not process or reveal your data in any way. I would like to refer everyone to my post the other day about expectations of privacy that seem to falsely exist about the internet.
"@Al, I personally make an effort to let people who advocate for internet privacy know that it's just not realistic. The reason I do it isn't to be hostile, it's to help people understand what they should expect from online services.
The reason I say it's not realistic is because the internet isn't bound to any one countries laws. It's a global web, that spans billions of people. There has never been an information exchange option on this scale before, and it was designed to encourage access to information. Adding in privacy options takes away from the purpose of the internet, to make everything accessible online. Now information security is obviously important, but it has to be limited. Securing even bank information has become a monumental task because there is no such thing as an unbreakable firewall. With enough time and resources there is no such thing as secure content online. Ask the NSA, despite the best efforts of the most talented Computer Specialists information always gets out, because restricting it goes against the design of the internet.
When you sign up for an online service with an internet provider, with google, with facebook, etc, they don't promise or give false expectations of protecting your data. People just assume that their information will be secure, which is the problem. Companies like google and facebook can offer their services freely because they make money off you your information. They make money off of analyzing what you do, what you like, who you are, and how to effectively advertise and get relevant information to you as a consumer. Now they don't want any harm to come to their consumers so they generally try pretty hard to restrict access to very personal information (addresses more specific then a town, and credit card information), but everything else is game and nets them a profit. They also have to weigh the cost of adding additional layers of protection to your data against the knowledge that if someone really wants the information they can find a way to get it.
The other issue preventing secure online information regulations is lawmakers. You have laws being made by old men and women who don't understand how the internet works, who couldn't tell you how to find a subnet address off of a network, and who don't even understand where information on the internet is stored. The same goes for judges who are making rulings on anti-intrusion methods. For example, one of the most effective methods of catching hackers is a honeypot. A honeypot is effectively putting a fake network inside your companies firewall for the sole purpose of tricking hackers into accessing it. It's designed to detect ALL intrusions and since no one at your company will access it you know any intrusion is a hacker. So it's essentially like putting a trap in your house in the room closest to the front door. Everyone in the house knows not to go there, but a robber will go in and get caught. The problem, some old judge who doesn't know anything about the internet decided it sounds like entrapment and ruled them inadmissible in court in the US.
The lack of knowledge, and the inherent design on the internet make any expectation of privacy online unrealistic."
One more for slow clasic
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