Interesting readโฆ
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https://www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/google-is-tracking-you-even-when-you-use-duck-duck-go
#google #tracking#privacy #InfoSec #security#tech #technology#BigTech#BigBrother
A German court has ruled that Meta must pay โฌ5,000 ($5,900) to a German #Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding tracking technology in third-party websites โ a ruling that could open the door to large fines down the road over data #privacy violations relating to pixels and similar tools.
#surveillance
๏ฝข A German court has ruled that Meta must pay โฌ5,000 ($5,900) to a German Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding tracking technology in third-party websites ๏ฝฃ
Potentially groundbreaking court ruling against #Meta:
"A German court has ruled that Meta must pay โฌ5,000 to a ๐ฉ๐ช #Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding #tracking in third-party websites."
"This may very well be one of the most substantial rulings coming out of Europe this year, ... โฌ5,000 in damages for one visitor adds up quickly if you have tens of thousands of visitors, or even millions."
You may call me an "opinionated asshole" from your point of view, but I sincerely wish I was wrong.
The real cost doesn't come through to #consoomers except as #ReducedLifecycle due to #bloat.
But then again what do I expect from a coward doing the reply & block - combo, because confronting the fact that people got burned out by shit like PHP would mean admitting mistakes, and we can't have that as a fanboy.
๐ My Mac Contacted 63 Different Apple Owned Domains in One Hour - While Not in Use โข AppAddict
Sometimes the internet is really funny - or scary.
The Chrome browser is one example.
While you believe you are browsing the web, Google is browsing you instead.
๐ Check out Leah Elliott's comic on how Google's tracking works: https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01/
๐ And check how to stop this tracking: https://tuta.com/blog/what-does-google-know-about-me
Something I've been thinking about a lot recently is:
โก๏ธ How are #bigtech going to ruin the #fediverse?
Could you do an episode wargaming how that might happen? I'm thinking #AI crawl bots #tracking and profiling us - that kind of thing.
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