> Downloading junk is also a life lesson, they will learn.
Mega-corporation - with deep pockets, professional advice, etc - stalks teenagers and does targeted personalized campaign, it is teenagers fault to fall for it... I see a "blame the victim" attitude here.
> Is an ice cream truck playing music and slowing rolling down your street on a hot summer day also a psychological trick we need to guard against?
The truck guy does not know my name, the school I go to or any other data beyond that I am in the neighborhood and can hear the sound or see the truck. The truck is fishing.
Facebook is collecting personalized data, creating profiles and targeting unsuspecting minors that feel "special" for being chosen without knowing the reasons.
> TBH described its methods as “too ‘scrappy’” for a big company.
So the same company that had the idea has the same concerns about it.
There is somethings that are not-so-bad (but bad) when done in an small scale, but become horrible at a bigger scale.
> > Downloading junk is also a life lesson, they will learn.
> Mega-corporation - with deep pockets, professional advice, etc - stalks teenagers and does targeted personalized campaign, it is teenagers fault to fall for it... I see a "blame the victim" attitude here.
You're really extrapolating quite a straw man from the original statement there. There's a lot of people out there that want to (and will, if given the change) scam you. Arguing that it's better to learn that in a way that at least doesn't lose you any actual money is not the same as blaming people who fall for it and/or implying that they deserve it.
Mega-corporation - with deep pockets, professional advice, etc - stalks teenagers and does targeted personalized campaign, it is teenagers fault to fall for it... I see a "blame the victim" attitude here.
> Is an ice cream truck playing music and slowing rolling down your street on a hot summer day also a psychological trick we need to guard against?
The truck guy does not know my name, the school I go to or any other data beyond that I am in the neighborhood and can hear the sound or see the truck. The truck is fishing.
Facebook is collecting personalized data, creating profiles and targeting unsuspecting minors that feel "special" for being chosen without knowing the reasons.
> TBH described its methods as “too ‘scrappy’” for a big company.
So the same company that had the idea has the same concerns about it.
There is somethings that are not-so-bad (but bad) when done in an small scale, but become horrible at a bigger scale.