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Much more entertaining: Get the list of advertisers. Find the ones who aren't allowed to share your data with Facebook, e.g. due to lack of consent or because they're bound by professional secrecy (e.g. banks or health related things). Report to your local DPA.
This got a little stuck on a few of the `.click()` calls for me. Here's my version: const wait = () => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000)); const getElementsByAriaLabel = (label) => document.querySelectorAll(`[aria-label="${label}"]`); const getElementsByRoleAndWidth = (role, width) => Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(`[role="${role}"]`)).filter(el => el.clientWidth === width); const getElementsByTe…
Lol, I got hit with this: "You're Temporarily Blocked: It looks like you were misusing this feature by going too fast. You’ve been temporarily blocked from using it." Anyone using this may want to s/1000/2000/ on the first line.
I recall some surprising legal outcomes in recent years, for example jail for posting fake Yelp reviews. Anyone know of any case law for this sort of scripting?
Much more entertaining: Get the list of advertisers. Find the ones who aren't allowed to share your data with Facebook, e.g. due to lack of consent or because they're bound by professional secrecy (e.g. banks or health related things). Report to your local DPA.
What does DPA stand for? Guessing it's not Drug Policy Alliance, the first hit on Google.
I’m assuming GP meant DPO, for Data Protection Officer, the person responsible for enforcing GDPR (or similar laws) in a company.
What's the legality of a script like this? Could this be construed as a violation of the CFAA if you were a motivated/evil enough lawyer? I recall some surprising legal outcomes in recent years, for example jail for posting fake Yelp reviews. Anyone know of any case law for this sort of scripting?
My settlement conditions are already prepared
And they are non-monetary and super simple
Much more entertaining: Get the list of advertisers. Find the ones who aren't allowed to share your data with Facebook, e.g. due to lack of consent or because they're bound by professional secrecy (e.g. banks or health related things). Report to your local DPA.
What does DPA stand for? Guessing it's not Drug Policy Alliance, the first hit on Google.
Separately, Firefox has a feature to isolate Facebook activity from other things you do on the web.
I don't know how well it works in practice. The other day I bought something from a local webshop (bike parts) on my laptop. The next day I'm seeing an ad from the same webshop on my Facebook feed on my mobile. Yes, it could be coincidental though I do see a lot of bike-related ads and practically never this company. (Even though I am a returning, if not very frequent customer of theirs.)
I made the mistake of having the same email address for Facebook as for registering to random online shops...
For me the correct URL seems to be: https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings/?section=... instead of what you have in the gist. (But the script errs on the awaits.)
What is the motivation to prefer untargeted ads over targeted ones?