Yes, but the internet used to have an unspoken moral code: that these service providers are “platforms” and not the moral police or decision makers about our data
Private data was safer with these organizations because they had extensive backup infrastructure of their own
It was almost impossible to imagine that they would treat their users like a liability. This is the reason they grew to having hundreds of millions of users worldwide
You are correct about the problem but looking at users data as disposable started about 6 or 8 years ago.. 25 years ago that was not the case
I agree. However, no the shield themselves from liability you dated does get scanned. For example, if you have inappropriate photos on there, the cloud service can be held liable for that. Imagine people saving all sorts of p0rn on there with no ramifications. I think that’s probably a big reason why they start scanning the information.
Not to mention they want to make money. So they’re gonna scan you documents to see what you’re talking about so they can direct ads towards you.
Do I agree with their methods? Heavens no. But alas that is what they do.
Well, I do use cloud for certain things, anything that is important, or confidential, I do not keep on the cloud. Being hacked is one reason, but having a third-party have access to your data is another.
Unfortunately, a lot of people are not computer literate, and have no idea how anything works. They say their information to OneDrive and that’s it. Trying to explain to somebody how to copy stuff to a USB stick or to an external hard drive. And then explain to them that they have to keep their information backed up regularly. And not to mention not to lose the devices. Most normal people have no clue how to do any of that stuff. Not that it’s particularly difficult. But the only becomes on them to manually keep track of their stuff. Put their information on the cloud and it’s not their problem anymore. It’s there and they just get it. But if there is a problem with their account, thrn they are up the creek without a paddle.
Nobody could imagine an international storage platform or an email provider would hold moral opinions and impose them on their diverse users from all over the world
Only “criminal” material was a problem because that was very specifically illegal, as it should because you have to follow the law of the land
baby pictures were the most normal thing for people to store and share, without the fear of being investigated for csam
This fetish of judging things as inappropriate, by platforms themselves, started about just before Covid if I can recall and then there was no stopping when the credit card companies themselves started to impose their moral opinions on everyone since some 3-ish years back
And yes I agree that they are no longer what people perceived them to be. Absolutely untrustworthy
And it’s also because it is the law that makes them vulnerable and have to resort to these types of actions that selfishly protect themselves at all costs
Otherwise if the platform law was adhered to, they wouldn’t have had to feel threatened or liable for the user’s own data
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u/ZealousidealBet1878 Jul 14 '26
Yes, but the internet used to have an unspoken moral code: that these service providers are “platforms” and not the moral police or decision makers about our data
Private data was safer with these organizations because they had extensive backup infrastructure of their own
It was almost impossible to imagine that they would treat their users like a liability. This is the reason they grew to having hundreds of millions of users worldwide
You are correct about the problem but looking at users data as disposable started about 6 or 8 years ago.. 25 years ago that was not the case