Chapter 528 [Offending Another Group of People]
Tiansheng Capital Headquarters, President's Office.
At this moment, Lu Ming was scrolling through his social media account and watching netizens leaving messages on the news feed. He looked content and had his legs crossed, as if he was listening to the thunder in silence.
He certainly knows the impact of publicly launching and endorsing a "privacy monitoring" app.
At the moment, the Internet circle seems to be calm, but in fact it has exploded.
A large number of Internet manufacturers held an emergency meeting at this time, and at the same time assigned emergency tasks to their technical departments, and issued a fatal order to update the version as quickly as possible so that their apps would stop secretly waking up in the background and stop automatically accessing users. Requirements for key private information such as address books, storage, photo albums, etc.
On the one hand, the Internet circle was shocked by the powerful monitoring capabilities of the "Privacy Monitor" application, but they had no intention of studying it at the moment. The most important thing was to wipe their butts clean quickly, because it was not clear what Lu Ming wanted. What to do? Different people are doing the same thing, and their attitudes are completely incomparable. No matter what, cut off the tail first.
If you fail to deal with this matter in a timely manner and are accidentally brought to the forefront of public opinion, it will definitely be enough to drink a pot.
It is a fact that user privacy is being abused, and users themselves are actually very aware of it. They are just helpless. However, manufacturers who abuse user privacy will never come out and admit this matter. The nature of admitting or even being punished is different.
While many Internet manufacturers were responding to the situation urgently, they were also frantically greeting Lu Ming for more than ten generations. It was a rhythm that really made his teeth itch with hatred.
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Around 15:00 in the afternoon, Big A has closed. At this moment, Lu Ming is simply reviewing today's market trends.
"Come in!"
When someone knocked on the door, Lu Ming answered without raising his head. The person who entered the office was Su Xiaoman. She looked at Lu Ming with a complaining look and said, "You really don't stop. Some time ago, I just offended people in the real estate market, and a dynamic message I posted today offended a lot of people in the Internet industry. Within an hour, I already received several calls from big names in the Internet industry."
Hearing this, Lu Ming raised his head, looked at Su Xiaoman and met his eyes, and said with a smile, "How do you say that?"
Su Xiaoman said unhurriedly: "What else can I say? I said it very urgently and in a rather euphemistic tone. I hope you can remove that APP and have a good talk about it. But I can learn from their I can hear in my tone that I am very dissatisfied with what you did."
What is the most precious thing for Internet companies? Is it technology? Is it cash flow? Is it talent? Is it a user? neither!
The most precious thing is user data! User data! User data!
Only by collecting a large amount of user data, the more complete the better, can we outline a complete user profile, and then achieve big data maturity, because this method of playing is so profitable, and user data can be sold for money.
Lu Ming said: "Only these? Nothing else?"
Su Xiaoman: "Of course, I did, and I also said some scary things. For example, if you don't withdraw, it may cause huge turmoil in the Internet industry, harm the entire Internet industry, and cause immeasurable and irreparable huge economic losses." .”
If ordinary people suddenly came up with something like this, or if an entrepreneurial team of several college students suddenly came up with such a set of application technology, then this matter would be easy to handle, it could be easily suppressed, and it could also be purchased at a high price. A few college students were stunned with money, and after buying it, the technology was completely hidden there.
But the problem is that the person who did this is Lu Ming.
The power of this name is not something that ordinary people can compare to. At this moment, some Internet companies are scrambling to deal with this matter. Tiansheng Capital holds their shares or stocks and is their shareholder.
Tiansheng Capital manages 7 trillion in assets. 7 trillion is not only a cold number, but also a fiery energy.
At the end, Lu Ming said calmly: "I'm not familiar with them, I'm just playing my own game, that's it."
Su Xiaoman was not surprised at all when he received such an answer. He shook his head helplessly, but still said: "In this way, I have established a relationship with most of the people in the Internet industry. It may be conservative to say that most of them are."
Lu Ming smiled calmly and said, "The more people you offend, the more motivation you will have to make Tiansheng bigger, which is not necessarily a bad thing."
When Su Xiaoman heard this, he rolled his eyes angrily, but Tiansheng Capital had indeed offended enough people, and it was not enough to offend such a group of people. Su Xiaoman sighed softly: "You will make a big mistake in the future. You can't fall for it. Once you fall for it, the people who are in trouble with you will definitely come up with you and hit you without hesitation."
Lu Mingyun said calmly: "Tian Sheng's current size, as long as his butt is not crooked, even if he wants to fall over, it will be difficult."
Su Xiaoman said leisurely: "I hope so."
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Some big names in the industry wanted Lu Ming to withdraw the app, but in the end they were completely disrespected and hit a wall with Tiansheng.
The beam is finally settled.
Although he was very angry with Lu Ming and hated him very much, there was nothing he could do to deal with him. Those so-called industry giants couldn't stand up to the head of Tiansheng if they were singled out.
However, the other party is not a vegetarian after all.
There was nothing Lu Ming could do about him, but he still had something to do in his own territory, so Lu Ming's personal social media account was restricted, and the topics and keywords related to the privacy monitoring application were also restricted. The speed and breadth of its spread on the Internet were quickly suppressed.
Even the download link Lu Ming posted on his social account was identified as a dangerous link and blocked by some netizens when they clicked on it.
These were actually within Lu Ming's expectations, but he did not use additional resources to increase promotion efforts. This actually gave many busy manufacturers APP time to wipe their butts.
After all, the incident happened suddenly. If a large number of APPs, especially some heavyweight APPs, are detected to have stolen user privacy and set off a storm of public opinion, the relevant regulatory authorities will also be in trouble and will be in a dilemma. It will never be possible. Are they all stuck at one point in time and ordered to be taken off the shelves for rectification? The impact on the economy will be immeasurable at that time, but if such a huge shocking scandal occurs, it is impossible to pretend that nothing happened or that nothing was seen, right?
Therefore, Lu Ming now allows the other party to limit the current flow without doing anything, which is the result of comprehensive considerations and trade-offs.
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At the same time, a mainstream media organization.
"Editor-in-Chief, I downloaded the app and tried it for an hour. A large number of apps have records of secretly launching and excessively accessing key privacy inside the phone, and some well-known apps are also involved. I estimate that this matter will be triggered this month. There is a storm of public opinion, should we be the first to report it?" A young female reporter seemed quite excited when she said this in the editor-in-chief's office. She was just waiting for the editor-in-chief to make up her mind. She had already written the manuscript.
The editor-in-chief said in a deep voice: "This matter is very serious. This is not an ordinary breaking news incident. We are a mainstream media. When reporting this matter, we must be cautious in publishing articles. I don't know if Lu Ming suddenly made such an incident. Whether the higher authorities want to further standardize Internet information security or for other reasons, once this fire is ignited, it will be terrible."
The female reporter immediately said: "The "Information Security Technology Personal Information Security Specifications" officially came into effect in May this year. Together with the "Network Security Practice Guidelines-Necessary Information Planning for Basic Business Functions of Mobile Internet Applications" released last year, the two documents fill the gap. Having identified the gaps in specific practical standards for personal information protection in China, Editor-in-Chief, what else is there to worry about?"
Hearing this, the editor stopped and said: "No hurry, I'll ask the leaders above for instructions. It's better to be cautious about this matter. Remember, it is forbidden to publish articles in the name of the unit without my approval, and it is not allowed for individuals."
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