I'm not claiming that it was "intuitive", just that the browser did tell the user exactly what the add-on was allowed to do. Sure, Chrome and Firefox deserve some blame for not making the warning more explicit/dire, but they did make an attempt. Overwriting cookies and rewriting affiliate links are subsets of "access your data".
Also, I'm not claiming that I knew exactly what Honey was doing, just that I suspected it was shady and recommended no one use it.
It wasn't "uncovered" though. This is their business model. I've told every person I know using Honey for years that it's a shady extension and they should stop using it. Unfortunately I don't have a huge following to offset Honey's massive ad spend.
I'm not calling anyone stupid, but stop treating this like it's new information. Your browser warned you this might happen when you installed the extension:
The fact that it must be collected at all is the problem. I have very little faith that the government will actually choose a privacy preserving solution, and even if they do, I doubt it'll be implemented perfectly.
I guess it was filibustered last time it came up. I'm hoping it will die as well, but I won't count on it.
🚨LAST CHANCE! Soon the House of Commons will do a last vote on #BillS210, a dangerous proposal that locks up the Internet and sacrifices our privacy. Email your MP to say NO to extreme S-210 - via @OpenMediaOrg openmedia.org/NoInternetLock
The House of Commons is days from passing Bill S-210, a dangerously broad age verification bill that would put an age lock on most of Canada's Internet and threaten every Canadian’s privacy.
I think you've got arch and debian reversed, and I'm personally hurt by the lack of Gentoo representation 💔
I think you meant to reply to the parent comment?
No kidding. While on the surface the bans are about medical masks, I'm sure there's a surveillance motive as well.
Vaccines protect the workforce and allow individuals to produce more. People being against vaccines cannot be good for capitalism, can it?
Jesus fuck, you censor the word "motherfucker" but leave the author's name intact?
If it's hidden or off-shore, probably not.
While I'm not entirely sure I agree with these points, I do understand them. I only meant to convey that firing guns into the air is on another level of stupid compared to fireworks.
A well-made and safely launched firework has a way lower chance of returning to earth than a 7.62 bullet.
Unless you cause harm to others (like accidentally starting the next pandemic), how could you ever punish someone for treating themselves? 🤣
We don't, as far as I know, make cutting your own arm off illegal and I fail to see how this is different.
PS: I'm not arguing against you, just noodling philosophically.
Hey Ottawa! Bit of a long shot, but does anyone here know of a Pathfinder Society playgroup in town? I'd love to find one to join. Thanks!
Ottawa police are investigating a Saturday night shooting at a wedding reception that left two Toronto men dead and injured six others.
Ottawa police are investigating a Saturday night shooting at a wedding reception that left two Toronto men dead and injured six others.
Ontario’s education minister said he believes “parents must be fully involved” if their child chooses to use a different pronoun at school.
Ontario’s education minister said he believes “parents must be fully involved” if their child chooses to use a different pronoun at school.
The comments were made at a news conference on Monday morning, where Stephen Lecce was outlining the changes students and parents can expect at Ontario schools come September.
They also come as Saskatchewan adopts a new gender and pronoun policy, joining New Brunswick in legislating parental consent for students under the age of 16 who want to change their given names and/or pronouns at school.
“I think we understand though that parents must be fully involved and fully aware of what's happening in the life of their children,” Lecce said.
“I mean, often there are health implications, and I think we have to respect the rights of parents and recognize that these can be life-changing decisions, and I think parents want to be involved so that they can support their kids. And I think that's a really important principle that we must uphold.
Lecce prefaced this by saying that schools should be safe for all children. He noted that teachers and school boards take home environments into account “where there are exceptional circumstances” or “situations of potential harm to the child.”
“Educators are well versed on exactly what to do and who to turn to if they believe that child may be harmed for whatever reason, or whatever circumstance,” he said.
“But as I say, as an overarching value system, I really do believe that parents need to be fully aware, fully engaged. And school boards need to be transparent with parents. I mean, they are the legal guardians. They love their kids. They want to be aware of what's happening in the life of their children in their schools.”
The minister would not say if this were something his government would legislate, saying only that this was the “province’s position on the matter.”
A new poll by Angus Reid released Monday, which surveyed 3,016 Canadian adults online, suggests that about 43 per cent of Canadians believe parents should both be informed and give consent if a child wants to change how they are identified within a school setting.
In Ontario, 43 per cent of survey respondents said parents must both be informed and give consent of an identity change, while 34 per cent said parents should simply be informed.
About 16 per cent of respondents said it should solely be up to the child.
The Toronto District School Board currently has a policy that protects the privacy of transgender and gender non-conforming students, recognizing that some children may not be open about their identity at home.
It notes that a school “should never disclose a student’s gender non-conformity or transgender status to the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) without the student’s explicit prior consent.”
“This is true regardless of the age of the student.”
The policy says that school staff should consult the student as to how to identify them when communicating with their guardian.
School boards in Saskatchewan have asked the province to pause its gender and pronoun policy in order to allow for a “complete review and report” prior to implementation, arguing it could have safety risks and could violate charter rights.
As of last week, the Saskatchewan government has not backtracked on its position.