The Risks of Play Store Publicly Disclosing Developers’ Personal Info
Posted by replyzhongwenren@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 13 comments
Posted by replyzhongwenren@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 13 comments
omniuni@reddit
Take it up with the governments that mandate that if users purchase something they should be able to contact the entity who made it.
Schmittfried@reddit
Which is entirely reasonable.
2this4u@reddit
Frankly publishing anything without a company as some legal protection is bonkers anyway.
SmartFatass@reddit
OMW to start a company (which to my knowledge will cost at least 1200 zł, or, 300USD a month to pay ZUS) to publish my freeware app
Schmittfried@reddit
If your country doesn’t support small businesses appropriately, that’s a way bigger issue.
SmartFatass@reddit
The fact that it doesn't is one issue, the fact that businesses are supposed to earn money (which freeware apps won't, apart from irregular donations) is another - so u/2this4u s take doesn't make sense for freeware/opensource apps
caliosso@reddit
US congress is such a bunch of rats. While their pockets are lined by the BigTech - no federal data protection law will happen.
Schmittfried@reddit
Data protection applies to natural persons, not companies.
caliosso@reddit
did I say anything to the countrary?
nicholashairs@reddit
Whilst you're not wrong, the article does cover this and proposes a solution that both keeps the personal information private whilst still showing consumers a way to contact the app owner.
ziplock9000@reddit
WTF is Gogle play?
Don't use AI images if they are shit ffs.
AnnoyedVelociraptor@reddit
What's up with these articles that put in advertisements at the end?
bananahead@reddit
We had a similar fight decades ago over domain name ownership. Ironically it was a different EU law (GDPR) that finally ended the practice of disclosing the home address and phone number of who owns a domain.