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More than just “growth hacking” apps.. if someone gets access to your contacts they can generally identify who you are just from this information alone. Data b
by ratg13 2y ago
More than just “growth hacking” apps.. if someone gets access to your contacts they can generally identify who you are just from this information alone.
Data brokers have been harvesting this information for years.
This is a huge step forward for data privacy.
- cantSpellSober 2y agoEven just cynically, it doesn't even work: > in many cases, that hack does not drive sustainable growth in the long term
- noprocrasted 2y agoIt's rarely about growth per se. Inferring someone's social graph and reidentifying them based on that would allow you to link them to their other accounts/shadow profiles and better target ads for them and their friends. Simple example, let's say the social platform knows you're into football. It has no information on whether your friends are into it, but if they see that you are mutual contacts they can try show football-related ads to your friends too and potentially get a boost in ad performance.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoKind of. But they could have done this many moons ago. They didn’t. In no way am I going to be duped that Apple suddenly give a damn about anything other than protecting their investment.