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They (Swedish Radio) have done a few stories on Facebook pixel during the last year. A year ago it was the state-owned pharmacy Apoteket that leaked customer i

They (Swedish Radio) have done a few stories on Facebook pixel during the last year. A year ago it was the state-owned pharmacy Apoteket that leaked customer information and their orders to Facebook. Once it was revealed that multiple pharmacies did it, an investigation into three of them was started. Last month SR extended their search and found 100 pharmacies in Europe doing the same thing. Leaking information to Facebook. I'm sure this is a really common issue because it's so convenient and useful when doing the marketing and analysis. People don't think about the consequences or the fact that it's against the rules of Facebook.

kramerger 3y ago
People just don't understand how valuable data is. For example, Sweden has a Facebook Market competitor that uses Facebook _and_ Google for analytics. Now we know for a fact that Amazon has in past used AWS to spy on b&m and e-commerce competitors, i dont belive for a minute that Meta would be any better.
- tpmx 3y ago
  Got a link for the Amazon/AWS spying?
  - tpmx 3y ago
    3 hours have passed. I also did a healthly amount of googling various permutations of what they said and didn't find anything relevant so until anything new is revealed I guess we should consider this fiction.
    - nabnob 3y ago
      For what it's worth, I remember coming across this claim a couple years ago about AWS on HN. I don't think it's fiction, it's possible that their PR has scrubbed these allegations from the internet.
      - tpmx 3y ago
        Us nerds have long memories and archive important findings. Sorry, a vague memory doesn't really count.
  - suddenclarity 3y ago
    Not OP but I did some searching and found an article citing this comment chain with throwaway accounts claiming to be former AWS employees doing it. I didn't bother reading all of the comments but I would assume it to be major news if it was actually true. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929959
    - tpmx 3y ago
      kramerger said we "now know for a fact", though. (good digging though!)

kramerger 3y ago

People just don't understand how valuable data is. For example, Sweden has a Facebook Market competitor that uses Facebook _and_ Google for analytics. Now we know for a fact that Amazon has in past used AWS to spy on b&m and e-commerce competitors, i dont belive for a minute that Meta would be any better.

tpmx 3y ago
Got a link for the Amazon/AWS spying?
- tpmx 3y ago
  3 hours have passed. I also did a healthly amount of googling various permutations of what they said and didn't find anything relevant so until anything new is revealed I guess we should consider this fiction.
  - nabnob 3y ago
    For what it's worth, I remember coming across this claim a couple years ago about AWS on HN. I don't think it's fiction, it's possible that their PR has scrubbed these allegations from the internet.
    - tpmx 3y ago
      Us nerds have long memories and archive important findings. Sorry, a vague memory doesn't really count.
- suddenclarity 3y ago
  Not OP but I did some searching and found an article citing this comment chain with throwaway accounts claiming to be former AWS employees doing it. I didn't bother reading all of the comments but I would assume it to be major news if it was actually true. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929959
  - tpmx 3y ago
    kramerger said we "now know for a fact", though. (good digging though!)