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deepriverfishtoday at 1:59 PM3 repliesview on HN

I thought Europe was more careful about things like this. This is pretty bad, these people are vulnerable and they're just mining they're data for profit.


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thibaut_barreretoday at 2:08 PM

It is, and that is why the company took action:

> After being confronted with this research, Stichting 113 temporarily suspended all measurement and analysis tools on its website.

It does not mean that this cannot happen, but the regulatory framework helps stop it.

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gowldtoday at 2:35 PM

They are not mining the data profit; they are mining the data for managing their website.

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Ylpertnoditoday at 2:13 PM

Europe is more careful. But people will break the law.

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