Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you download

Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you... by Barrin92 on Saturday July 13, 2019 @07:05AM (#20427489)

that won't happen. Something that is decentralised but still runs on public infrastructure can be blocked or legal entities can be held accountable. Something that is floating around in the "dark web" or some obscure private server is for practical purposes not accessible to vast amount of users.

You don't need to look to the future. We already have p2p solutions and encryption that if hacked together could serve as some sort of decentralised storage. The public doesn't use it.

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Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you... by johnchristopher on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:03AM (#20427636)

> We already have p2p solutions and encryption that if hacked together could serve as some sort of decentralised storage. The public doesn't use it.

The public doesn't use it because it hasn't been hacked together and that for all intents and purpose the experience has more friction than what is available today.

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Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you... by buboard on Saturday July 13, 2019 @07:52AM (#20427611)

> have p2p solutions

Had. Torrent is mostly banned at ISP level.

> The public doesn't use it.

They will if there is no alternative. The public uses email because there was no WhatsApp in 1989.

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