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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by fratlas on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:33PM (#14557750)
We both had our phones (one iPhone, one android) and macbooks on with facebook (web/app) open.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by dx034 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:37AM (#14558359)
With facebook web it's pretty easy to say as you have to give permission via your browser. Otherwise, for Chrome, you'd have to assume that Google works with Facebook to help them make more money. Rather unlikely.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by daveFNbuck on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:58PM (#14557849)
How did you ensure that no other apps were listening in the background?
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by mod on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:02AM (#14557862)
I don't understand--how would other apps trigger related facebook ads?
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by seanp2k2 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:47AM (#14558398)
Send some data to an ad network or something that feeds it, Facebook ads somehow pick that up. Not beyond the realm of feasibility. Try using a just-factory-reset phone with JUST the Facebook app installed. There is science to be done here.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by falseAss on Thursday June 15, 2017 @10:06AM (#14560488)
https://www.quora.com/How-does-Facebook-know-what-I-looked-a...
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