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This is not a great time to be tone deaf about privacy. Between Facebook's rapid fall from grace to the grand launch of the EU's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) privacy legislation next month, people are more sensitive than ever about their personal information.
Into this climate, Warsaw-based GOG -- Good Old Games, owned by CD Projekt Group -- launched a user profiles feature that many feel lacks important privacy guards, such as the ability to completely hide your profile, as well as the fact that it's opt-out rather than opt-in, and that the site announced it in a forum post (where many won't see it) rather than a blast email.
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Cum tacent, clamant. When they are silent, they shout. -Cicero
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 25 2018, @10:11PM (5 children)
may e it is cultural. If the company employees have grown up with no expectation of privacy, why would they bother?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 5, Touché) by takyon on Wednesday April 25 2018, @10:30PM (4 children)
Is this a Godwin or Stalin?
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @10:34PM
A clown stood in front of a group of six kids and a woman in an ordinary fenced-in backyard. If one were to observe the backyard, they would see balloons of various colors, party hats, cake, and toys. Yes, this was a small birthday party. The clown - who was clearly very passionate about his work - began performing his routine with practiced precision.
However, nothing happen. No one was reacting. The clown was using his best jokes and tricks, but no one laughed or gasped. In fact, no one made any sounds at all; the yard was deathly silent. The clown - whose name was Boboson - began to sweat; he had never seen such a tough crowd. Boboson thought and thought, but he could not fathom why no one was reacting to anything. "Oh! That's right!" Boboson exclaimed. Yes, he remembered the real reason why this place was so silent; it was all too simple.
Not a single hair on the heads of the children or woman moved even a millimeter. Why was this? It was simple: Boboson had played with the children and mother before he began his act. To be more precise, he had forced them to play 'privates' with him. And, as what usually happened when he played that game, he had accidentally gotten a bit too playful. Yes, he was too playful, and so their necks snapped. "Damnit! Why does this always happen!?" the clown yelled in frustration, as he lamented the fact that women and children were so fragile. Then, as Boboson was thinking this, he recalled that he had another children's party to get to. It was time to depart.
The happy-go-lucky clown giggled and bid the inhabitants of the backyard his farewell. Boboson got in his little car in the most showy way possible, and drove off to his next destination. The things in that backyard - the naked corpses of the woman and children - were left behind to slowly decay and rot away. But at least they had played with Boboson.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 25 2018, @10:50PM (1 child)
Can you Putin a discussion, or just an election?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @11:12PM
"Alright! I'm all ready!" the man said jubilantly. After he said this, he placed it on his target, and slowly pressed forward. The man's fat member fully entered the little boy's rectum, inducing pain and tears. This man, Alfredson, widened his eyes in shock. Alfredson exclaimed, "This is too good!" Yes, to Alfredson, this was the best yet.
The man viciously moved his hips back and forth, completely ignoring the child's crying and screaming. Alfredson could also hear a female screaming in the background, but he paid it no heed; he would enjoy this little boy to the fullest extent. The man extracted all of the entertainment the boy had to offer with his penis, fists, and hands. As time went by, the level of violence the man used increased. As time went by, the boy's cries became ever quieter. As time went by, the man's satisfaction increased. Then, the man noticed that the boy's motion was gone. At some point, the child had stopped moving and breathing entirely. "That was excellent!" said the man.
When the mother - who was tied to a nearby chair and forced to watch all of this - noticed that her little boy had become one with silence, her screams became ever louder. "Well, if it's any consolation, your child felt way too good!" the kind man said, as he flashed her an angelic smile. "Well then, I suppose I need to focus my attention on you now. I'm going to have so much fun!" said the man, as he slowly walked towards the bound and crying woman.
Hours later, Alfredson walked out of a certain house with a satisfied look on his face. The man thought to himself that he would be a good teacher. Yes, he would be a good teacher indeed; he had tought a little boy and a woman all about men's rights that day.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday April 26 2018, @05:56PM
Is this a Godwin or Stalin?
It must be one of them because it certainly doesn't reflect Poland's privacy laws which have been in effect since 1998 and are far superior to the complete lack of privacy protections in the US.