I never get it why people who discover secrets like these make extra sure nobody else can ever enjoy them again. Just use the undocumented feature and don't make a big thing out of it.
This way it's ruined for everybody, and they get nothing in return, except for some HN points on their blog post.
This is not an unintended feature - it is a gaping privacy gap. That data is not intended to be public, and is in fact dangerous when made public. It's _especially_ creepy that this detailed data is available to someone who has unsuccessfully interacted with you on a dating website. All that aside from this likely being against the terms & conditions provided by OkCupid, meaning their user's data was being used against the contractual limits.
There was no real-world case where this data was useful in a non-creepy way.
There would be no privacy issues if the users did not give up that private data willingly in the first place. A-ok with random company on the internet having access to it, but suddenly other random parties exploiting it are "creepy"? It was being shared with advertisers and analytics providers anyway.
...and they get nothing in return, except for some HN points on their blog post.
And, you know, some increased measure of privacy.
For some odd reason people seem to be concerned about all the private data they (willingly) give to these corporations leaking outside of the corporation proper as if it's a violation of their (misplaced) trust or something. Lots of that going around recently for...reasons.
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I never get it why people who discover secrets like these make extra sure nobody else can ever enjoy them again. Just use the undocumented feature and don't make a big thing out of it.
This way it's ruined for everybody, and they get nothing in return, except for some HN points on their blog post.
This is not an unintended feature - it is a gaping privacy gap. That data is not intended to be public, and is in fact dangerous when made public. It's _especially_ creepy that this detailed data is available to someone who has unsuccessfully interacted with you on a dating website. All that aside from this likely being against the terms & conditions provided by OkCupid, meaning their user's data was being used against the contractual limits.
There was no real-world case where this data was useful in a non-creepy way.
Don't know if you're sarcastic, but I prefer privacy related issues like this to be surfaced and would call it morally wrong not doing so.
There would be no privacy issues if the users did not give up that private data willingly in the first place. A-ok with random company on the internet having access to it, but suddenly other random parties exploiting it are "creepy"? It was being shared with advertisers and analytics providers anyway.
That doesn't make it acceptable in any way.
I'd prefer that it was. This is clearly something that leaks personal information.
And, you know, some increased measure of privacy.
For some odd reason people seem to be concerned about all the private data they (willingly) give to these corporations leaking outside of the corporation proper as if it's a violation of their (misplaced) trust or something. Lots of that going around recently for...reasons.
Not sure if sarcasm or stalker enthusiast
Why come out with an ad hominem? You could just say "data enthusiast" ("I like big datas and I cannot lie").
This sort of comment is in line with their post history so no, likely not sarcasm.
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