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Even Facebook is not "constantly" tracking people. They only track people when they are on Facebook, in one of their apps, or on sites that integrate Facebook'
by downandout 7y ago
Even Facebook is not "constantly" tracking people. They only track people when they are on Facebook, in one of their apps, or on sites that integrate Facebook's pixel/javascript. Granted, that is alot of places, but it is far cry from "constant" tracking.
- luckylion 7y agoThat's kind of semantics. Sure, the Staatssicherheitsdienst in East Germany didn't see literally everything (I'm sure they would have, but the technology for widespread cameras just wasn't there - they did have about a quarter million people on payroll, though), but the people were constantly under surveillance. I don't have any numbers on that, but for the average surfer that doesn't actively block tracking, they'll likely be tracked by FB or Google on > 50% of pages they visit. If you're mostly googling and chatting on Facebook, that easily sails past 90%, if you're on more niche content that is anti big-tech/adtech/surveillance, it's very low.