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"Is this rhetorical? Nothing" Nonsense, and the article addresses this. "Block Meta’s Trackers"

ffsm8 2y ago
It's not nonsense. Meta will have a shadow profile of pretty much everyone, wherever the person in question is blocking their trackers or not. It's still a good idea to block them, because it will reduce the amount of information they'll have about you, making their shadow profile less useful Nonetheless, Meta knows you exist and will almost certainly be able to tell some things about you
- SapporoChris 2y ago
  "What can I do, under US law, to minimize what they store about me and my behavior, or at least keep tabs on them?" "...Nothing" "Nonsense, and the article addresses this. 'Block Meta’s Trackers' The parent said nothing could be done. I say that's nonsense and listed a thing that could be done. You respond it's not nonsense and then list the same thing I mentioned. I am very confused by your thought process.
  - dylan604 2y ago
    Then you have a very easily confused process yourself. They did not make such a declarative statement as you suggest. They just said that blocking them is still a good idea even though it's not going to stop Meta from knowing about you. Being able to see the details in someone's comment is easier when you don't have a preconceived agenda
  - ffsm8 2y ago
    I can see where you're coming from. I'll be honest, when I read the initial comment I interpreted his question to be closer to "stop Meta from collecting my data to a meaningful degree" vs how you've interpreted it - "reduce the amount of data Meta tracks even if only marginally" That's why the response saying "nothing" made sense to me, because blocking the trackers only has such a minor effect on Metas tracking.
    - SapporoChris 2y ago
      Thank you for explaining, I appreciate it. I could see we were talking past each other, but I wasn't sure how.
dylan604 2y ago
Great, what about people that cannot install blockers? What about sites that sell the data they collect to Meta? If you think Meta's trackers are the only way Meta collects data, then you just need to learn more about data collection.

It's not nonsense. Meta will have a shadow profile of pretty much everyone, wherever the person in question is blocking their trackers or not. It's still a good idea to block them, because it will reduce the amount of information they'll have about you, making their shadow profile less useful Nonetheless, Meta knows you exist and will almost certainly be able to tell some things about you

SapporoChris 2y ago
"What can I do, under US law, to minimize what they store about me and my behavior, or at least keep tabs on them?" "...Nothing" "Nonsense, and the article addresses this. 'Block Meta’s Trackers' The parent said nothing could be done. I say that's nonsense and listed a thing that could be done. You respond it's not nonsense and then list the same thing I mentioned. I am very confused by your thought process.
- dylan604 2y ago
  Then you have a very easily confused process yourself. They did not make such a declarative statement as you suggest. They just said that blocking them is still a good idea even though it's not going to stop Meta from knowing about you. Being able to see the details in someone's comment is easier when you don't have a preconceived agenda
- ffsm8 2y ago
  I can see where you're coming from. I'll be honest, when I read the initial comment I interpreted his question to be closer to "stop Meta from collecting my data to a meaningful degree" vs how you've interpreted it - "reduce the amount of data Meta tracks even if only marginally" That's why the response saying "nothing" made sense to me, because blocking the trackers only has such a minor effect on Metas tracking.
  - SapporoChris 2y ago
    Thank you for explaining, I appreciate it. I could see we were talking past each other, but I wasn't sure how.

dylan604 2y ago

Great, what about people that cannot install blockers? What about sites that sell the data they collect to Meta? If you think Meta's trackers are the only way Meta collects data, then you just need to learn more about data collection.