Hacker News 의견

Here is a summary of the key points from the Hacker News comments, formatted as a bullet list using Markdown:

• The core issue is transparency:

  • Users want to see who companies have sold or given their information to and what limitations that sale has.
  • If a company collects user data and allows another entity access, they should inform users and make it easy to block.
  • Most abuse of personal data would go away if people knew it was happening.

• The $200M fine is insignificant for these carriers:

  • It would only take the combined daily revenue of T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon approximately 9 hours to generate $196 million in revenue.
  • Nothing will likely change beyond adding a footnote to the privacy policy.

• Concerns about the effectiveness of the FCC's action:

  • Without requiring a separate opt-out, carriers could just add "sharing location data" to the EULA/privacy policy and continue with "consent".
  • This seems like a temporary roadblock that changes nothing in the long run.

• Positive reactions to the FCC's action:

  • Some are happy to see the FCC taking action and encourage them to keep it up.

• Questions about law enforcement bypassing warrants:

  • There are concerns that US law enforcement may purchase this type of commercial data to get around having to obtain a warrant.

• Related startup offering mobile service without personal data:

  • Cape raised $61M from A16Z and others for a mobile service that doesn't use personal data.

• Comparison to the AT&T/NSA surveillance scandal:

  • Some question if anyone was fined over AT&T letting the NSA tap into all decrypted network data, which seems more egregious.

• Questions about the impact on location data aggregators:

  • Some are curious if anyone using vendors like Zumigo, LocationSmart, or Microbilt has noticed weaker data signals/availability related to this.
  • There are expectations that tracking sources will still be available but with new "more transparent" disclosures.

• Questioning if Google Fi sells user location data:

  • One commenter is curious if Google's own mobile service, Google Fi, sells users' real-time location data.