Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you...
by wolco on Saturday July 13, 2019 @02:15PM
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Requiring a government ID? How does this increase privacy? Doesn't this increase identity fraud? The value of government ids will skyrocket.
Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you...
by kupiakos on Saturday July 13, 2019 @03:36PM
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It's also awful for trans people, who often go by a different name or have an alternate account until the frustrating legal name change process goes through.
Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you...
by shakyshakyshaky on Monday July 15, 2019 @01:41PM
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can confirm, currently maintaining presence and interaction on two accounts for each of facebook, twitter, and instagram, in order to not out myself to family and prospective employers
>What makes you think this was designed as tracking system rather than anti-abuse feature?
Which goes to the crux of the problem: the way "online abuse" is defined presently, it enables platforms to introduce virtually any measures in the name of preventing abuse[1], and people gobble that up, heck, even cheer for it. "Think of the children" got an internet-era make-over, and it seems to be working.
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[1] off of the top of my head: requiring real names & verifying them via governmental ID; automatic take-downs upon automated requests from 3rd party; automated limiting of posts' reach based on language analysis; requiring posting under your own login; pervasive tracking that jeopardizes people under repressive governmetns.