I don't agree that keeping track of data processing operations, where you store data, creating an ability to delete user data and basic security hygiene is onerously burdensome on projects where you know about these requirements ahead of time. Yes it absolutely is a major pain in the butt for existing projects but that's a different argument and not a good reason not to improve consumer protections.
> Meanwhile all networked software is illegal by default unless its operator can prove that it stays within the defined GDPR exceptions.
This doesn't make sense to me. Can you please instruct me how I would go about suing the curl project? Please help me understand how this networked software is "illegal by default." I actually don't understand precisely what you mean by "networked software" so perhaps my misunderstanding lies there.
Overall I find statements like this "all networked software is illegal" to be FUD hogwash. It's just the same as when environmental regulations are going to "destroy the energy industry" and labor regulations are going to "destroy the service industry" etc.. Industry (represented here by tech entrepreneurs) is doing their typical disingenuous wringing of hands they always do when consumer/worker/environmental protections are brought forth.
Let's get rid of the GDPR, the EPA and the Paris climate accords while we're at it.
Any server you curl is processing your personal data by addressing the HTTP response to your IP address. Curl itself arguably fails "privacy by design" test in that there is no Tor, etc. enabled by default, although I admit that's a stretch. The entire HTTP protocol design of obtaining documents by interacting directly with their publishers is similarly careless from a privacy perspective.
>"all networked software is illegal"
It's not always illegal. It's illegal by default, and up to you to demonstrate that it falls within one of the defined exceptions.
>"destroy the energy industry"
I'm quite happy that only serious and well-capitalized entities can surmount the regulatory hurdles to running a smoke-billowing power plant. I'm not happy that we're doing the same things to websites.
> Meanwhile all networked software is illegal by default unless its operator can prove that it stays within the defined GDPR exceptions.
This doesn't make sense to me. Can you please instruct me how I would go about suing the curl project? Please help me understand how this networked software is "illegal by default." I actually don't understand precisely what you mean by "networked software" so perhaps my misunderstanding lies there.
Overall I find statements like this "all networked software is illegal" to be FUD hogwash. It's just the same as when environmental regulations are going to "destroy the energy industry" and labor regulations are going to "destroy the service industry" etc.. Industry (represented here by tech entrepreneurs) is doing their typical disingenuous wringing of hands they always do when consumer/worker/environmental protections are brought forth.
Let's get rid of the GDPR, the EPA and the Paris climate accords while we're at it.