auslander · HackerTrans

Google knew they were friends. Common contacts, location histories, easy.

Was there Facebook Audience Network SDK in this open source app?

> With advertising, we can enjoy many services free of charge. Using google as an example, google maps, search, android, etc

Google gets much much more than just showing you ads. You surrender all your digital life using Google free services, and that info is priceless, because 95% of people did the same. What would you say if in 10 years, government, police and businesses will routinely use google data for background checks? It is just one use case.

auslander

8 lat temudiscuss

Yes and no. Thing is, we may be burned already few times, but cannot prove or check it.

Did the bank set your mortgage rate based on risks, derived from your data?

Did you lost job application because your private emails leaked conflict on previous job?

It is dark ways your data can propagate, Goofle is a business, and it makes money on your data. Is ad targeting the only service they sell?

I just decided to ungoogle myself completely, and hide from all tracking on the web. No data from me anymore, I ceased to exist :)

auslander

8 lat temudiscuss

> In what way do you feel burned?

By having too much data on me, my friends, my kids, politicians, crunched by AI. It is just too much power, if you think few moves ahead.

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