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		sneak on July 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard env... "Behaving ethically wouldn't work for us, so we decided to behave unethically" is not a legitimate viewpoint.

imiric on July 6, 2021 [–]

Who is the ethics arbiter in that quote?

"Submitting anonymous usage data in order to build a better product" sure sounds legitimate to me.

sneak on July 6, 2021 | [–]

1) it's stealing of data if it's nonconsensual

2) it's not anonymous

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