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Would this be a breach of GDPR for us EU residents? I'm getting seriously disillusioned with all this surveillance stuff. At first I thought, you know, these w
by KoolKat23 3y ago
Would this be a breach of GDPR for us EU residents?
I'm getting seriously disillusioned with all this surveillance stuff. At first I thought, you know, these were isolated incidents falling through the cracks, but in truth it's become pervasive and global. The scariest aspect is how individual actors have the ability these days to gather, interpret and isolate individuals from massive datasets, anonymising the data seems pie in the sky.
I don't see much stopping it either, in society it seems to be the extremes, some wrongly think GDPR applies to everything and others are so sophisticated they can bypass it completely. Have we gotten too advanced, whereby only experts understand the impacts of our actions? Sorry I'm getting all philosophical.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoOne of the most sobering experiences I’ve had was reading a writeup on how someone was doxxed using ad telemetry. If that can be done by a lone individual, imagine what can be done en masse.
- youngtaff 3y agoDo you have a link to that article that you could share?
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoUnfortunately it appears the site this had been on is not available anymore. However I found an equally interesting article talking about similar things. Rather than buying aggregate data and attempting to de-aggregate it, this is about targeting an individual using previously obtained information (say email, cellphone, or physical address) and “ad sniping” them. https://onezero.medium.com/google-ads-targeted-at-literally-one-person-could-be-the-future-of-doxxing-8c5b0a9117b9 https://onezero.medium.com/google-ads-targeted-at-literally-... https://archive.is/RFtK5 https://archive.is/RFtK5
- youngtaff 3y agoThanks, I’ll take a read
- Nextgrid 3y agoIt definitely would, but GDPR is not being enforced anywhere near enough to matter. Facebook and Google are still alive and you bet their tracking and profiles are much more accurate than these clowns.
- theonlybutlet 3y agoA sad thought.
- donkeyd 3y ago> Facebook and Google are still alive Well, literally billions of people accept their privacy agreements and actively provide them with data from their phones by using their software. That's quite different from an unknown party telling other companies whether you're reliable without your knowledge based on data neither you nor your provider ever agreed to give them.
- Nextgrid 3y agoNobody reads their privacy agreements. They accept them as a formality because these services became effectively mandatory to participate in modern society, but they do freak out when they see the consequences of all this non-consensual data collection: https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2016/09/people-you-may-know-facebook-s-friend-finding-algorithm-putting-you https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2016/09/people-you...
- 0xThiebaut 3y agoIt is, and this article announced Noyb filed a complaint against BICS, TeleSign and Proximus with the Belgian DPA to request actions be taken (investigation, fines, removal of data, …). A translated complaint is available at https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/DRAT%20TELESIGN%20COMPLAINT%20FINAL%20-%20redacted-%20EN%20AUTOTRANSLATION.pdf https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/DRAT%20TELESIGN%...
- ale42 3y agoOriginal in French for those who speak it: https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/DRAT%20TELESIGN%20COMPLAINT%20FINAL%20-%20redacted.pdf https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/DRAT%20TELESIGN%...
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoFor that matter, doesn't California have similar privacy laws?