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Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Re: Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Post by moate »

konschubert wrote: post #2

I understand that what these companies are doing is illegal, and thus the court ruled correctly. But I cannot help but wonder if we, the public, are really focusing on the right thing here? Is "companies are using your reading history to target ads" really the same level of dangerous as "your government wants to read all your messages"? Why is the EU regulating privacy topics to the point were we no longer have acces…

Can we all just agree on something: Google and Meta (and a bunch of others) are just the privatization of the government surveillance state. Facebook's product is the user data. That data gets sold and resold and eventually put into the government's hands through gray area retailers.

If your issue is "I don't want to be on a government list" one part of the solution would be making sure there's no data to populate the list, and the other part is restricting anyone from assembling such a list. The former is what Norway is doing, but pretending only the latter needs to be addressed is ignoring human nature. "If you aggregate it, they will come".

Re: Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Post by ipaddr »

_chu1 wrote: post #42
coldpie wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it? Does Tiktok track everything you do across the entire Internet, like Facebook and Google do? They might, I don't know, but I haven't seen "tiktok.com" in my NoScript list on 90% of websites like I have FB and Google.

Just your phone. Open TikTok on iOS and it will for sure try to access your location, clipboard or whatever weird crap people will just click "OK" or "Allow" on.

Why do you use tiktok on a phone and expect privacy. Your phone spys on you.

Re: Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Post by kevan »

_chu1 wrote: post #42
coldpie wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it? Does Tiktok track everything you do across the entire Internet, like Facebook and Google do? They might, I don't know, but I haven't seen "tiktok.com" in my NoScript list on 90% of websites like I have FB and Google.

Just your phone. Open TikTok on iOS and it will for sure try to access your location, clipboard or whatever weird crap people will just click "OK" or "Allow" on.

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/privac...

Re: Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Post by lnxg33k1 »

pipes wrote: post #74

Or just don't use their services? I don't need government to do this for me.

I do, because I don't have neither the skills nor the time to ensure that a company is respecting the laws, so I pay taxes in order to make sure that qualified government employees make sure that companies abide to current regulations

Also they actually put tracking pixels everywhere following people even when they don't have an account on facebook, how I am supposed to protect myself from this scummy company if even when I don't have an account they profile me? Should I leave internet?

Re: Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Post by labster »

dylan604 wrote: post #70
troupo wrote: post #69

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The problem is enforcement, yes, and GDPR is finally, if very slowly, is getting enforced. No regulation is a "saviour".

>No regulation is a "saviour". only if you're british while looking for the colour green in the shoppe

These kinds of jokes are tyreing. A British person would have said “corner store” while pushing a trolley. I like jokes on HN but this is too low effort and it shows. I would have gone with something more surprising than “guy spelled funny”, possibly a Life of Brian reference.

Re: Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

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Post by _chu1 »

ipaddr wrote: post #72
_chu1 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just your phone. Open TikTok on iOS and it will for sure try to access your location, clipboard or whatever weird crap people will just click "OK" or "Allow" on.

Why do you use tiktok on a phone and expect privacy. Your phone spys on you.

When I live alone I'm planning to drop a cell phone all together and just run a desk phone. If I'm not home leave a message.
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