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I wonder how many people are going to be shocked at the invasiveness of Facebook that will only come to light as Apple (and others?) start to block things that
by mikece 6y ago
I wonder how many people are going to be shocked at the invasiveness of Facebook that will only come to light as Apple (and others?) start to block things that Facebook does.
More shocking to me is how many people know and don't care.
- bmitc 6y agoPeople don't know because they don't have the knowledge to know. They further don't know just how deeply people can analyze the data. Those who dismiss it usually do because they don't understand the depth. They'll think "oh, why do I care if Google or Facebook knows I went to the pet store today", when in reality, these systems could give a mini-biography and psychoanalysis of you. These are complicated systems that have been intentionally covered up through marketing and lobbying and other deceptive means. People have additionally been hoodwinked by these companies saying "hey, we're providing you a service for free" when it's actually the other way around. This is where a capable government is supposed to step in and say, no, you can't just leech off citizens' personal data for free and without actual consent. However, the U.S. government is not capable and at the same time wants access to the same data that's being collected, so it hasn't done anything about it.
- kingnothing 6y agoMost people will see a pop up on their phone and click OK without reading it so they can get to Facebook, just as they do with every other little box for an updated TOS, European Cookie Law notifications, etc.
- myself248 6y agoWhat blows my mind is that all of these capabilities and extensions were happily built in, like "oh of COURSE there's a good reason for any random app to know all this stuff", and they're shocked, SHOCKED to see it being abused.