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I think "big data" companies realized that people simply were unaware of the extent of the tracking and showing them how much they're being tracked would make f
by simias 8y ago
I think "big data" companies realized that people simply were unaware of the extent of the tracking and showing them how much they're being tracked would make for terrible PR, potentially much worse than any publicized data leak. It turns the tracking from some abstract concept into a very tangible list of actions being recorded potentially forever.
Take that guy who managed to get a dump from his Spotify data thanks to the GDPR for instance: https://twitter.com/steipete/status/1025024813889478656/ https://twitter.com/steipete/status/1025024813889478656/
I'm sure we all knew Spotify tracked us but seeing how much they track is pretty crazy to me even though I'm pretty sensitized to these privacy issues.
I expect that a full dump from Facebook would be at least as verbose if not more. I don't think they want the users to see how the sausage is made.