[Labs-l] Discussion needed: Technically feasible, legally okay... but want tools do we want?

Maximilian Doerr cybernet678 at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 29 18:50:38 UTC 2013


Agreed.

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> On Sep 29, 2013, at 14:46, Platonides <platonides at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 20/09/13 15:32, Lydia Pintscher wrote:
>> A considerable number of people are uncomfortable with the tool in
>> question at least on dewp. Just because something is possible doesn't
>> mean it should be done. We should be able to reflect on the
>> consequences of the technology we build. And you are right that others
>> could build these tools outside the movement. But this is not what is
>> happening here. People are unhappy with something inside the movement
>> and ask us to do something about it which we are capable of. Just
>> because others could do it doesn't give us the ok to do something
>> questionable. This is too easy an excuse imho.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Lydia
> 
> +1
> 
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