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shinra528 t1_j5tvkdm wrote

Reply to comment by JamesR624 in Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It. by 08830

I had the shocking revelation recently that a shit ton of people actually don't know how much they are being tracked or the extent that shadow profiles are being built on them.

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dvb70 t1_j5u702m wrote

Another shocking revelation is many people actually do know how much they are being tracked and don't care about it.

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shinra528 t1_j5uay6q wrote

I think a lot of people don't care about it don't realize just how vast it is. I've had a few arguments with people who were convinced that Facebook and Google were not tracking them because they didn't use their services.

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Lumiafan t1_j5ui5c9 wrote

Not for nothing, but Facebook and Google tracking practices are a moot point in the United States. Since 2017, it's been legal for ISPs to sell browsing data in the U.S. (other developed countries rightly prohibit that), so all of their browsing privacy is gone even before they ever get picked up by a Google or Facebook tracking pixel.

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shinra528 t1_j5uiy9g wrote

Yes, very true but the arguments I had were specific to Google and Facebook’s practices and that wasn’t within the scope of the conversations. That’s a really good point to bring up though.

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gk99 t1_j5uo4x0 wrote

That's shocking? You're literally posting this on a site funded by Tencent and full of telemetry. Imagine the average person.

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birdwothwords t1_j5uwbnc wrote

Wish our healthcare system was more like our ad tech system

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[deleted] t1_j5ub7q4 wrote

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Lumiafan t1_j5uifgi wrote

I know this is sarcasm, but I do want to make an important distinction: This type of privacy issue doesn't really relate to governmental use. If the government wanted your browsing history and internet activity, they wouldn't really have to go through publishers and data providers.

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CondescendingShitbag t1_j5vr4z6 wrote

>If the government wanted your browsing history and internet activity, they wouldn't really have to go through publishers and data providers.

Sure, but they technically need warrants for official data requests. But why bother with warrants when they have been known to simply buy personal data as a 4th Amendment loophole.

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