Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by dylan604 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:06AM
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Good riddance. If technological innovation is defined by abusive power, privacy invading, data hoarding/sharing/analysis, then I'm just fine living in the stone ages where this is not possible. If technological innovation is creating software that makes things more efficient without tracking the habits of its users, then I'm all for it. You can have the latter without the former. It is possible. We just need people with morals and scruples and not money hungry assholes that will do whatever they can to turn a buck regardless of the end results.
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by astrange on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:32PM
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In this case “whatever they can to turn a buck” = “showing you ads targeted to 20 year old males because you said in your profile that you’re a 20 year old male”.
Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by dylan604 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:04PM
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what profile? i don't use said platform, but they still hoard data about me anyways. so fuck 'em if they get barred from doing shady shit. and yes, i feel that all of the cursing is mandatory because being nice has gotten us fuck all for protections from these leeches.
Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by astrange on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:23PM
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This article isn’t about tracking and so they’re not being punished for any of that.
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