Dan GillmorJul 12, 2023

The tax preparation companies that contemptuously broke the law by "sharing" people's private information with Google and Facebook should be shut down. And every dollar of profit they made should be sent to the taxpayers whose privacy they shredded.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/meta-wont-say-what-happened-to-taxpayer-data-it-may-have-illegally-collected/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned

When I say "should" I am of course recognizing that in America there is no accountability whatever for companies that do these crimes.

Ask your member of Congress why they don't care.

Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions

One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.

Ars Technica
Show threadJohn BreenJul 12, 2023
@dangillmor I guess at this point, I assume all my "private information" is shared.
There is nothing I can do about it, other than stop participating in the real world.
What can they do with that info becomes the question.
The answer needs to be "nothing of any significance".
Show threadDan GillmorJul 12, 2023
@jab01701mid Giving up is not the answer when accountability for misdeeds hasn't even been attempted.
Show threadJohn Breen
@dangillmor I agree - I would like accountability.
But the experience of this (below) left me with the impression that there will be none.
The best strategy is "nobody can exploit my private info, even if they have it".
It's not "giving up", it's "alternative mitigation".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Wikipedia

Jul 13, 2023 at 12:04amWeb