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the FTC alleged that OkCupid gave an unauthorized third party access to the personal data of millions of OkCupid users in violation of its privacy policies.

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[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 9 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Honestly it's nice to see the government doing things like prosecute corporations for violating people's rights.

Are these companies run by Democrats or something?

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Didn’t grease enough palms.

[–] lemonhat75@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

Probably started under Lina Khan and then used as an extortion by the current pedo regime. When they refused to give out bribes and public fellatio, they filed the complaint. Probably end up being a drop in the bucket of a fine, we don't actually hold corporations accountable in this country.

[–] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Except the government is doing the exact same thing and worse to violate people's rights.

Nice link here as just one example plus the whole forcing age verification in everything, the list goes on.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Maybe someone can use these as precedent to go after that app. But that app needs to be addressed quickly, because from what I understand, the app is mainly targeting the people who are required to use it. Journalists.

If the app disappears from public app stores and is required to be sideloaded, you’ll know they are trying to keep it from people who will take it apart like this guy did.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 58 minutes ago) (1 children)

I could swear I read this exact comment on another thread about the recent Whitehouse app.

[–] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That link I posted is about the Whitehouse app and all of the government apps, so maybe they were commenting on it when it was posted yesterday.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 1 points 49 minutes ago

Ha! Missed that I suppose.