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You are overreacting, not to mention reaching the wrong conclusions from these NSA reports. The problem isn't measurement, that is a cornerstone of engineering
by rasterizer 13y ago
You are overreacting, not to mention reaching the wrong conclusions from these NSA reports. The problem isn't measurement, that is a cornerstone of engineering (and of everything else really), the problem is government overreach.
It's almost as insane as that piece in Slate claiming that Hadoop is evil because it enabled large scale data analysis (http://www.salon.com/2013/06/14/netflix_facebook_and_the_nsa_theyre_all_in_it_together http://www.salon.com/2013/06/14/netflix_facebook_and_the_nsa...). Technology is not the issue.
This newly found aversion to tracking and measurement is a stupid knee-jerk reaction to the news.
- derleth 13y agoThe problem is opt-out instead of opt-in. If measurement and tracking are so benign, tell people you're doing it and allow them to agree or disagree, on an opt-in basis. Otherwise, it's not benign.
- rasterizer 13y agoI disagree. Opt-out is the right approach, if you are using someone else's product you should assume you're interactions with it are being measured. It's beyond quid pro quo, it's how software improves and evolves, and it is to the benefit of everyone: you, other users, vendor.
- Amadou 13y agoThere is still a problem with opt-in in that most people are not cognizant of the risks and so are unable to make an informed choice.
- lawnchair_larry 13y ago> This newly found aversion to tracking and measurement is a stupid knee-jerk reaction to the news. It's not new at all, and we don't appreciate it.