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Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by otterlicious »

alasdair_ wrote: post #329

To me the thing that bothered me most was that a mental health site (Psychologytoday.com) that I used to find a therapist was passing the information on my searches to Facebook, presumably to aid in targeted advertising. Honestly, I think that health-related searches that are directly tied to a specific individual (especially without informed consent - I didn’t log in or receive any notice this was being done) should…

Thanks to this comment I noticed mine has a hospital:

    bannerhealth.com (8)
The portal where I access my records is on a third-party vendor's domain and this is likely just from Like buttons on their public site. But I wouldn't be surprised to see the name of the specialist I saw (just to look up their phone number) or a condition they treated (the portal links to articles there) in those 8 entries. Haven't bothered to download my entire history just to see...yet.

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by philwelch »

reaperducer wrote: post #294
sutterbomb wrote: post #270

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So you must have a recommendation for a card that charges lowest reasonable rate?

The rate a card charges differs from applicant to applicant. Without knowing your credit score, credit history, and other financial information I cannot recommend a card for you.

The rate a card charges is immaterial since if you pay the entire balance each month, you pay zero interest. (And if you don't, you're making a big mistake.)

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by eivarv »

vinaypai wrote: post #360
eivarv wrote: post #352

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Thanks, but what value does your appeal to people's hypocracy bring to this discussion?

https://xkcd.com/386/

Point is, though, someone being hypocritical doesn't make their argument wrong - claiming that it does is a fallacy [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

gatherhunterer wrote: post #265
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #137

Four days before the UK general election, Facebook apparently "received activity" relating to me from an anonymous, icon-less organisation with a cryptic name, who appear to be completely un-googleable. Well, that's reassuring.

Nice FUD there. > icon-less organisation with a cryptic name Oh my god what if they're foreign? Isn't it terrifying to think about foreigners? Better take that fear into the voting booth with you.

Er, what? Where did I mention anything about them being foreign?

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by wtmt »

untog wrote: post #149
xfalcox wrote: post #145

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You will want to use Firefox containers in order to isolate the Facebook cookie into a container to limit this.

Unfortunately there are no good answers for this on mobile.

At the risk of a bit of inconvenience, you could use Firefox Focus. Browse (it's only one tab), erase at the end of browsing and repeat. It also has built-in blockers of different kinds.

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Post by ddalex »

saghm wrote: post #330
ddalex wrote: post #171

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There should be an extension to automatically filter the reCAPTCHA-using sites out of the results of the search engines.

I think GP is saying that Google itself is presenting the captchas, not the Google results they click. I've had it happen a couple of times when using VPNs before.

reCAPTCHA is a Google product, but the owner site needs to actually integrate it, so it's a conscientious decision

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by guftagu »

thekyle wrote: post #366
prophesi wrote: post #320

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Yeah, I was really surprised to see Plex in my friend's off-FB-activity list. I've been wanting to switch to Emby, but I already have a Plex lifetime membership, and it would be difficult to get friends to make the switch. I'm not liking Plex's direction with getting into the streaming business, along with this FB spyware mishap.

> it would be difficult to get friends to make the switch Could you elaborate on why this is an issue? Plex doesn't really have network effects and is usually only managed by 1 person. Maybe you give your friends access to your instance? In which case it seems like they are in no position to complain.

Emby doesn’t have good apps for as many platforms as plex does. I use plex on my PS4 where Emby doesn’t have an app.

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by buro9 »

papln wrote: post #237
buro9 wrote: post #23

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Hmm, that feels incident worthy. My bank should send precisely zero things to advertising / marketing companies. Have you raised it with their Help team? You should. Unfortunately I cannot as I do not have a facebook account so cannot determine whether or not facebook hold data on me without creating an account.

You might (justifiably) not like it, and it might inspire you to boycott the business or plead for regulatory relief, but it's not an "incident" from their perspective to be intentionally doing what they do to run their business.

This is a bank, and they are regulated. Depending on the information shared, this may be a breach of that regulatory code.

I do not have access to see what the data is, but would certainly in their shoes investigate with high priority, and Would raise a security incident to do so. If it turns out to be empty and of no concern, then great. But ignoring such things is seldom wise.

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Post by jannes »

tprynn wrote: post #216
jannes wrote: post #187

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Anyone who wants to do this: Make sure that you also opt out your virtual card numbers (such as Apple Pay or Android Pay). Also, the opt-out of each number is only honored for FIVE years after which you need to opt-out again.

How can I opt out a virtual card number through Apple Pay? It doesn't seem that you can get the full "Device Account Number".

I don't see the number exposed in Apple's UI, but I can definitely see it on my bank's website.

It's possible that this is an implementation detail and some banks do it without a unique card number...

Re: Off-Facebook activity

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Post by prophesi »

guftagu wrote: post #377
thekyle wrote: post #366

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> it would be difficult to get friends to make the switch Could you elaborate on why this is an issue? Plex doesn't really have network effects and is usually only managed by 1 person. Maybe you give your friends access to your instance? In which case it seems like they are in no position to complain.

Emby doesn’t have good apps for as many platforms as plex does. I use plex on my PS4 where Emby doesn’t have an app.

Yeah, this is probably the main reason. I know two friends who use Plex exclusively on their PS4.

I'm also not the only one in my group maintaining a Plex server, so they'd incur a transitioning cost as well.

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