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Doing something like this should result in Meta and such being legally annihilated. But nothing will happen, as usual.
by hofrogs 1y ago
Doing something like this should result in Meta and such being legally annihilated. But nothing will happen, as usual.
- OsrsNeedsf2P 1y agoWhat's the crime?
- hofrogs 1y agoSpying on users, connecting their real life identities to their browsing history without their consent or knowledge?
- kennywinker 1y agoTracking users without their consent. This is a crime in the EU. It’s a crime that it’s not a crime in the US.
- autoexec 1y agostalking? Maybe even something in the ECPA
- lucianbr 1y agoUnauthorized access to a computer system. I'm sure if I connected to some port on a computer belonging to Meta without them wanting it, that would be the crime I would be charged with. But somehow if Meta connects to a port on my phone without me agreeing to it, it's not a crime?
- nickphx 1y agoYes.. and that listening service is their software that you installed on your device... So caveat emptor.
- genewitch 1y agoSoftware that came preloaded with what sounds suspiciously like a rootkit to keep the background service running on some phones. Please don't "don't that phone then" because it's the same all the way down to rotary telephones. I still didn't consent to meta tracking me on my telephone. I understand the shadow profiles and tracking pixels and whatnot, but cmon. Next year "actually meta was listening to conversations captured by android devices and using it to target ads" Don't use a cellphone? Meta and Google track desktop web use. Don't use a computer? Okay, that's cool.
- solid_fuel 1y agoWhat function does Instagram provide with this WebRTC listener besides tracking? People install Instagram to look at photos and reels, not to help facebook track them better. If I put a crypto-mining script in a game I don't get to claim "well they installed the app" when people complain. The victims thought they were installing a game, not a crypto-miner. Here, the victims thought they were installing a photo sharing application, not a tracking relay.
- Snowfield9571 1y agoFound the meta PM that thought of this idea