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Re:Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users' web bro... by refulgentis on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:59PM (#44183618)
Thank you! This was a powerful reminder of how important it is to be careful with our words and cover all possibilities when commenting, and additionally, holding ourselves to account for our reading. I was a bit stunned at how I just sort of...flitted through? browsed? skimmed?...well, let's put it plainly: irresponsibly claimed to myself to have read and understood this. Meanwhile, I had completely neglected to notice this goes far beyond embarrassment. It's quite damning that I entirely missed that the consequences of someone knowing someones entire browsing history aren't just mere "embarrassment": first, there are plenty of contexts where it could even lead to state activity and my eventual imprisonment. We can even show that some countries punish the family still in a given country for the perceived "sins" (shorthand, i mean violating laws / actions against power, apologies for sloppiness here) of an individual outside the country. I shold have at least thought to acknowledge that it could go beyond embarrassment - your framing may even be too polite, to readers like me, who neglected to consider this.

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