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lemme in to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago

Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot

www.theguardian.com

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Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot

www.theguardian.com

lemme in to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago
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Meta’s director of privacy policy declines to say whether such an option would be offered to Australians in the future
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  • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    27•8 months ago

    activates vpn why yes, I AM a citizen of the EU!

  • @geography082@lemm.ee
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    22•8 months ago

    WhatsApp is my major concern . It’s a BIG issue that every one in Americas and Europe uses that shit. Very concerning.

    • @orl0pl@lemmy.world
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      6•8 months ago

      or Messenger

      • @geography082@lemm.ee
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        5•8 months ago

        Another nasty one

    • @TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz
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      4•8 months ago

      It’s a way smaller userbase, but imagine what Facebook does with the Quest headsets

      • @pdxfed@lemmy.world
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        2•8 months ago

        Ready player one about covers it

        • @TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz
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          2•8 months ago

          Can’t wait for all the weird VR sex stuff that’s in the book lol

  • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖
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    3•8 months ago

    This is why i done use meta shit. Among other reasons.

  • @KellysNokia@lemmy.world
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    2•8 months ago

    Meta don’t scrape user data…they already have it stored neatly in databases with supporting APIs

  • @rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    1•8 months ago

    I mean, Australians won’t care a lot after Europeans have scraped their continent

  • EleventhHour
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    -4•8 months ago

    Oh, look, a news headline from five years ago

  • @hades@lemm.ee
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    -6•8 months ago

    False. Everyone can opt out of Facebook.

    • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      No, you can’t. They collect your data even if you’ve never had an account, or if you’ve deleted your account.

      https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-profiles-zuckerberg-congress-data-privacy

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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      11•8 months ago

      False. They’ll track whether you have an account or not. Even NoScript won’t completely disable their tracking. If you use the web, Meta is watching you.

      • @MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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        7•8 months ago

        Joke’s on them. I go to all those weird porn sites just so they won’t know the real me. I would never be interested in such filth. It’s so that their A.I. will get confused, get hoodwinked. Yup. That’s why I do that.

        Now if you’ll excuse me, I must go mess up their algorithm again.

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