Notices by Saxnot [38C3] (saxnot@chaos.social), page 2

@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria i'm the last to support harmful practices by big tech companies but being being beaten for protection money by gouverments like France just is not fair to Facebook or Google either.
"You can harm our citizens as long as we get a cut" is not a great message.

My collegues from Digitalcourage and I have a close eye on GDPR and its developments.
Overall GDPR is a major success.
But of course many are not willing to fund it / see no point in it / subvert it like above

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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria i don't want to drag this til infinity.
Perhaps two examples from germany is how @ulrichkelber who studied CS and worked for a software company did a great job as commissioner for data protection. He enforced the GDPR within the state and supervised the other sub-agencies with the same job. Since 07.01. his term time is up and within six months a successor needs to be found.
His currently discusses replacement does not seem to be as competent or motivated as him.
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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria the second example would be the credit scoring company SCHUFA.
They collect and process my data and generate a credit score with unknown dubious means.
Their business model is not compatible with the ethics and moral standards which are enforced via the GDPR.
Been a while since I looked into it but there has been an investigation if they are compliant but it keeps dragging on and the final ruling if it is legal seems to be intentionally delayed until further notice
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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria the data protection agency in Hesse seems to be unwilling to press against this large company.
Perhaps one of these "I don't investigate you as long as you pay taxes here" situation.
SCHUFA generates annual revenue above 250 mio euro each year. Big company when you're inside one of the smaller states.

Plus there are many misconceptions being pushed willingly or unwillingly.
Remember cookie consent buttons? Most of the time they are completely unneccessary since
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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria many website don't use cookies at all!
Yet everyone knows they are annoyingy, protest by making it annoying and claiming that the law forced them. Probably many don't know any better and just copy whatever the big companys do it.

And the same with GDPR. A story from my german personal life: every time I visit a new doctor I need to fill out a form with my personal data and what allergies etc they need to know about me. Makes sense.

What doesn't make sense is that
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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria … it's also accompanied by a GDPR letter I need to sign.
You need to show me that you comply with GDPR?
Do you also need to show me that you are not doing any child labour, comply with fire safety etc? No.
It's laughable. Of course you need to comply with the law.
It's annoying on purpose. It signals "the laws are weighting us down" just like cookie banners.
Perhaps some doctors only copy the status quo. Irrelevant.
They are only there to create resentment.

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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria when I go to the supermarket and they video tape me and register my data at checkout etc do I need to sign a GDPR permission slip? Of course not.
They are processing my data and have no interest in whining about any laws

Is it expensive and uncool to protect data?
Yes.
Is it expensive and uncool to stop child labour?
Yes.
Is it expensive and uncool to have fire protection measures?
Yes.

The laws are not for monetary gain but to make our country BETTER for all of us
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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria I hope my long toot chain was not too much / annoying
Having been a privacy and digital sovereignty activists for years means this topic is very close to my heart

Has the EU become less strict in enforcing the GDPR? From my perspective, no.
The GDPR has a lot of holes to fix and needs to be expanded.
Many powerful companies have no interest in these protection laws. For example Volkswagen or Google both lobby for less consumer protection.
I think overall it works.
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@hazelnot @EeveeEuphoria doesn't the USA have something similar to the GDPR?

@nixCraft what's so bad about a 737 max?

@thomasfuchs ScanSnap i assume?
Those scanners are the best (have one)

@davidrevoy @shichimi You do this in professional capacity?

Can you be hired for small works?

@davidrevoy thanks for EC CW
i enjoy "food" and "ec" CWs a lot

@puniko was ist so der Unterschied zu FairPhone 2 und FairPhone 3?

Gibt es ein FairPhone 5?

IIRC sind die Telefone alle sehr gut und langlebig und die Versionsunterschiede tendenziell gering. Aber da ich selbst das nur von Freunden kenne und selbst nie hatte....

#Fairphone ist gut, oder?

Was kauft man sich denn heuzutage als cooler Typ?

Mein #EssentialPhone geht allmählich kaputt
:boost_ok: :boost_ok: :boost_ok:
#followerpower

I'm annoyed by the android keyboard having UPPERCASE/lowercase/Pascalcase button but not having a sPoNgEbObCaSe button.

I need that in my life

I have the impression mastodon people are eager to block each other.

I think I don't have a single person blocked. If someone annoys me I just mute them for seven days.

where the heck can I see whom I block?
I searched the whole settings menu...

Hey @Gargron this needs improvement!

#mastodev #mastodon #mastoadmin

cc @schratze