Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
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Re: Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
#2Is this really surprising to anyone but the laymen? I mean, of course they store everything the user does, why wouldn't they?
Re: Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
#3Is this really surprising to anyone but the laymen? I mean, of course they store everything the user does, why wouldn't they?
>I mean, of course they store everything the user does, why wouldn't they?
Because their behavior fits the legal definition of stalking in many jurisdictions. Yes, the user "consented" to the stalking, but many of their friends which are being stalked as a result did not.
Re: Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
#4But I willingly give my data to Google - they have (for some reason or another) kept my trust.
Facebook broke my trust with data I didn't know they had collected.
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#5Evidently we're at the outraged-explainer-porn stage of the media manufactured panic cycle. They are certainly using every part of that buffalo.
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#6Evidently we're at the outraged-explainer-porn stage of the media manufactured panic cycle. They are certainly using every part of that buffalo.
And you're at the superior-to-all cynic portion of your comment history.
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#7Took advantage to go onto Google and give it even more info on what ads they should (and should not) show me. That's probably not what the Guardian expected/wanted me to do.
I may be alone in this, but I expect that everything I do on the Internet is done in public. Nothing new here.
Re: Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
#8Took advantage to go onto Google and give it even more info on what ads they should (and should not) show me. That's probably not what the Guardian expected/wanted me to do. I may be alone in this, but I expect that everything I do on the Internet is done in public. Nothing new here.
> I may be alone in this, but I expect that everything I do on the Internet is done in public. Nothing new here.
So how do you send private messages? Carrier pigeon? Even Signal uses the internet, after all.
Re: Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
#9Is this really surprising to anyone but the laymen? I mean, of course they store everything the user does, why wouldn't they?
> Is this really surprising to anyone but the laymen?
That's a pretty huge caveat. "This isn't news, except to the majority of people". It's an article in The Guardian, it's obvious intended for the "laymen", of which there are a pretty big number.
> of course they store everything the user does, why wouldn't they?
That's the crux of it, for me. I agree, they have no incentives not to hoard data. So those incentives, like GDPR, should be created.
Re: Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
#10Took advantage to go onto Google and give it even more info on what ads they should (and should not) show me. That's probably not what the Guardian expected/wanted me to do. I may be alone in this, but I expect that everything I do on the Internet is done in public. Nothing new here.
You're very bold. Not everything I do on the internet is public, fortunately.