Re:Creeping as a Service
by heavyset_go on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:43PM
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This isn't a new problem. "The internet is forever" is a adage I grew up with several decades ago. Everyone knows that if you post it on the internet, it can be copied and used against you.
What is new are the giant companies that profit greatly from encouraging users to deanonymize themselves and post compromising details on the internet, so those details can be mined and used for targeted advertising. I look at the adults who, just two decades ago, warned each other about what they put on the internet, and they're now on Facebook leaking nearly every detail about themselves and their private lives to the internet.
What is new are the giant companies that profit greatly from encouraging users to deanonymize themselves and post compromising details on the internet, so those details can be mined and used for targeted advertising. I look at the adults who, just two decades ago, warned each other about what they put on the internet, and they're now on Facebook leaking nearly every detail about themselves and their private lives to the internet.