Yeah no shit.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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Rule #1: anybody who can get you to give them your information of likes, dislikes just about anything will sell it to other people, or use it for their own sales to you.
Rule #2: If anyone has any reason to make you accept terms and conditions and there's any chance that they you may want to sue them in future, they're going to slip in a binding arbitration clause unless it is legally difficult for them to do so.
Wake up FTC it's not just social media it's deeply embedded everywhere in commerce and society and it needs to be addressed RFN.
anti-Social ones. this all public btw.
In idiom meta for this scenario, most Lemmy users are what would be considered 'the choir'
FTC says water is wet.
Edit: in all seriousness, it’s good that the FTC is talking about this, and it’ll be even better if it does something to combat it.
I like that someone in a position of authority is talking about this.
Don't forget their 1427 trusted data partners!
But it's their legitimate interest! ^Whatever ^that ^means
Essential.
ITT: omg how other people don't see what I, a very smart and superior person who browses technology communities, have known for years
we should be celebrating that privacy issues are gaining more and more mainstream coverage.
ITT: omg how other people don't see what I, a very smart and superior person who browses technology communities, have known for years
Genuinely, who doesn't know/suspect this, do you know anyone? I don't think it's about superiority at all.
I don't know literally anyone who doesn't know or atleast expect this, even normies have the concepts of NSA/Big Brother spying on everything.
Literally even my tech illiterate parents know/suspect that you aren't private anywhere.
Edit: and if you do know anyone who is ignorant to this...will they find this article/report and read it?
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It is fine to have casual knowledge of or a hunch about something, but far better to have the research and analysis to prove it.
NO. REALLY?
That's literally the sales pitch to investors, and has been for decades.
We need you Lina Khan. We need you, but stronger, faster, better. Let's fucking go.
People in this thread don't seem to understand how anti big business the FTC has been since Lina Khan was appointed. These reports are meant to be used by congress to help guide real policy. It's one thing to just assume social media is violating privacy, it's another thing to have a facts-based report on exactly what is currently happening.
Of course the FTC needs new laws to do any enforcement and there's probably not enough anti corporation politicians to pass laws that give them real teeth on data privacy issues.
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In other news, the sky is blue.
Kahn!
Yeah, no shit!
This is why I’m slowly migrating to the Fediverse.
Fuck social media companies.
We're watching you too.
Now, entertain us, we are bored.
Yep, all they gotta do is well, very little.
Well, the Fediverse isn't any more private, but at least it doesn't care much about your data. That said, any company could come and harvest all of that data if it wanted since it's open.
The Fediverse isn't the final step here.
I understand that, but it's more about the targeted advertisements, sponsored posts, etc. Just give me my goddamn content and leave me alone LOL
They don't say.
So this is why I switched to the fediverse. But to be honest, I have no idea if someone does things like that here or not. All my posts are public to everyone and machine readable. The only thing which would prevent someone of survailing users on the fediverse is it's very small scale. It is probably just not worth the effort.
Allow me to reveal my age by saying… No, duh!!!
Eat my shorts
NOT!!
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