Comment by A4ET8a8uTh0
3 years ago
<< On the other hand, can we agree that this product is unethical?
It does create a high level of discomfort, because it illustrates well what privacy advocates try talking about to the population at large, but all that said.. how is it any different from regular scraping and analyzing it any other way?
This is a real question.
It's different because you're removing all barriers to access and making it easy and convenient to stalk/dox people.
Imagine you get the urge to track someone, but in order to do that you have to spend a week writing some new software. That's a barrier. And because of it you may change your mind because it's a lot of work with little payoff.
But if that info is just one click away, it's a whole different ballgame.