Making it a technical problem means it’s an arms race forever. Making it a regulation problem, if done right, can simply end the arms race.

Not to mention the big players on the users’ team in the technical arms race (google, ms, apple) are also advertising companies.

By all means let’s solve it from the technical side - but also lets regulate privacy so everyone gets it not just people paranoid/technical enough to use the latest/best privacy respecting tools.

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Aurornis 2 days ago | parent [-]

> Making it a technical problem means it’s an arms race forever. Making it a regulation problem, if done right, can simply end the arms race.

“If done right” is doing a lot of work in that sentence.

The way hypothetical regulation is spoken of in abstract terms where it’s perfect, solves everything, and everyone complies perfectly is at odds with how regulation works in the real world.

	▲	kennywinker 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I agree entirely, but I think that’s a problem because gov is captured by corporate interests / neoliberal ideas. They try to balance keeping corporate donors happy with keeping people happy, and create regulations that are toothless empty gestures that only serve as employment opportunities for lawyers and consultants. So yes, “if done right” is doing a lot of work. But i refuse to cede gov to the corps and retreat to anarcho-capitalist ideas like “this is a technical problem”. We attack on all fronts - regulation and technological solutions.