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Why would this be a Google and Meta problem? The tax sites willingly shared the data they originally collected.
by tru3_power 3y ago
Why would this be a Google and Meta problem? The tax sites willingly shared the data they originally collected.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Why would this be a Google and Meta problem? They collected and profited off the data. If you're building and optimizing tools being used by criminals, you bear some culpability.
- ta988 3y agoEspecially if you willingfully used data that they shouldn't have shared to you in the first place.
- deeth_starr_v 3y agoSame reason it’s an issue for an auction site to trade stolen goods
- JohnFen 3y agoAll are at fault here. Companies giving this data to Google/Meta/etc., and Google/Meta/etc. for being so eager to hoover up data by hook or by crook.
- shortcake27 3y agoThey didn’t willingly share the data. The default behaviour of these pixels is (or was) to gobble up every bit of data on the page, including the values of all form fields. However, this was _not_ common knowledge at the time and certainly not communicated when implementing a pixel. It was negligence that lead to this data being leaked, but the silent default behaviour of tracking all form values is insane. Most people would opt out if given the option up-front, so the fact this was silently enabled by default and hidden away until you actively looked for it at least partially shifts the blame to Meta. They obviously knew what they were doing.