@xe rainbow table 🌈
@dumpsterqueer @kim aaaa why did i open it
@Elenna exactly, which is codified in the GDPR but also like, how actual consent works in general
@Elenna searchtodon's (https://social.pixie.town/@f0x/109677935611759965) only option to not end up in the index is taking action to opt-out by adding something to your bio, or changing a (rather hidden) mastodon setting for your profile.
The correct approach would be opt-in, having people actively consent to indexing by putting a clear-purpose hashtag in their bio when they *do* want this
@ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt @tobi a lot of others got fooled at first glance too..
@ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt @tobi another scrapebro https://social.pixie.town/@f0x/109677935611759965
update: Searchtodon meta, scraping related
Since then multiple others have mentioned these concerns to him, but they're dismissed just the same.
Yet again a recently joined twitter techbro is writing a scraper, but this time it's couched in language about "consent" and "privacy", it's still effectively building a centralized search index across users on his single server. Opt-out is also not actually consent, both legally (GDPR) and morally.
He keeps dismissing it as just a non-ideal stopgap-solution but that doesn't matter. it's about what's happening right now. random users logging in thinking there's *anything* private about this service, and feeding their entire following to the machine
@tobi fuck, but my freeze peach! you have to see my content!
@tobi but tobi.... what about the clout
they cannot seem to appreciate the value of nestling down among a small group of friends and sharing genuine things about yourself
for real though these tech guy types seem to live in a different fucking world, where being visible + discoverable and indexed is some kind of virtue in and of itself
@tobi it seems wrong to profit off discussion about consent/scrapebro's like that :")
also never tough I'd become a Mastodon Opinion Haver
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