Thread · 2 tweets · 6 May 2018

I don't think that not wanting to be next is the primary driver for this happening behind closed doors, most companies I've spoken to don't believe they have data practices that resemble FB's. A big driver of silence is people not knowing what's right, what's ethical.

Privacy feels fuzzy to many, it's the kind of concept that engineers have too often (wrongly) shunned because it feels philosophical. Now the class doesn't want to speak up because they haven't done their homework.