jared555 t1_ixf20xw wrote
Reply to comment by bsd8andahalf_1 in Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook by phunky_1
Sounds like it is the code that allows them to track site usage data was used without considering the consequences... Probably not legal but not necessarily malicious intent.
bsd8andahalf_1 t1_ixfyp6a wrote
facebook is evil
how the hell they can get websites to pass along data of users on an unrelated website is beyond all the rules of privacy.
jared555 t1_ixfzxu7 wrote
A legitimate use of the technology in theory is something like Google Analytics. You can learn how users interact with your website and make improvements based on that.
You can also decide what demographics to spend your advertising budget on if you know what to look for.
A trustworthy company would only actually store the variables necessary for that function and whatever supplemental variables the site owner requests you track. Some being necessary due to how site navigation often works.
Of course we are talking about Facebook and post "don't be evil" Google.
bsd8andahalf_1 t1_ixg0m4w wrote
EXACTLY!
i wonder at what point in time google had to take down their motto "don't be evil"?
jared555 t1_ixgodto wrote
If I remember correctly it was not long after they went public.
Private corporations have a lot more opportunities to not be evil than public corporations do. They absolutely can be evil, but there is less outside pressure to be so.
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