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Not even close. You voluntarily give your info to Facebook and other websites/apps. Facebook and other meta companies have no idea where I am currently because

Not even close. You voluntarily give your info to Facebook and other websites/apps. Facebook and other meta companies have no idea where I am currently because I don’t use their products.

piva00 2y ago
But you do use websites with their trackers, over time they've collected enough data to have a shadow profile of you. It's not accurate to the meter but they probably know the block you live in, some searches you have done in the past weeks, what news you read, what your taste in food, clothes, etc. are. Unless you live in some jurisdiction like the EU and diligently refused to accept cookies on every website.
dns_snek 2y ago
Plane owners voluntarily give their info to the public. If they didn't want the public to know where they are, they shouldn't be flying.
rakoo 2y ago
That's the typical reply from someone who doesn't have a life on Facebook, and it's nice for you but you can't extrapolate the lives of literally billions of people just from your own, singular example. People have all their friends and family on Facebook and still want to talk to them. People have orgs, businesses, support groups, anything on Facebook. They don't accept the garbage conditions because they decided, but because it's their only way to do it.
- conorjh 2y ago
  > a life on Facebook a contradiction in terms
latexr 2y ago
There are trackers everywhere on the web and websites regularly share the information they get with literally thousands of “partners” to build profiles on you. No matter how much information you avoid giving, it’s naive to believe they have nothing on you. There’s a reason laws like the GDPR exist, and it’s not because you always give info voluntarily.
maeil 2y ago
> Not even close. You voluntarily give your info to Facebook and other websites/apps. Facebook and other meta companies have no idea where I am currently because I don’t use their products. Congratulations for being in the privileged position where you get to do so and still participate in society and make a living. For millions, that's not the case (hint: Whatsapp).

Not even close. You voluntarily give your info to Facebook and other websites/apps. Facebook and other meta companies have no idea where I am currently because I don’t use their products.

piva00 2y ago

But you do use websites with their trackers, over time they've collected enough data to have a shadow profile of you. It's not accurate to the meter but they probably know the block you live in, some searches you have done in the past weeks, what news you read, what your taste in food, clothes, etc. are. Unless you live in some jurisdiction like the EU and diligently refused to accept cookies on every website.

dns_snek 2y ago

Plane owners voluntarily give their info to the public. If they didn't want the public to know where they are, they shouldn't be flying.

rakoo 2y ago

That's the typical reply from someone who doesn't have a life on Facebook, and it's nice for you but you can't extrapolate the lives of literally billions of people just from your own, singular example. People have all their friends and family on Facebook and still want to talk to them. People have orgs, businesses, support groups, anything on Facebook. They don't accept the garbage conditions because they decided, but because it's their only way to do it.

conorjh 2y ago
> a life on Facebook a contradiction in terms

latexr 2y ago

There are trackers everywhere on the web and websites regularly share the information they get with literally thousands of “partners” to build profiles on you. No matter how much information you avoid giving, it’s naive to believe they have nothing on you. There’s a reason laws like the GDPR exist, and it’s not because you always give info voluntarily.

maeil 2y ago

> Not even close. You voluntarily give your info to Facebook and other websites/apps. Facebook and other meta companies have no idea where I am currently because I don’t use their products. Congratulations for being in the privileged position where you get to do so and still participate in society and make a living. For millions, that's not the case (hint: Whatsapp).