Posted on 08/23/2016 7:40:27 AM PDT by snarkpup
Facebook users are constantly being bombarded with ads, but sometimes one shows up on the screen that is so well-suited, it's as if the site has tapped into your thoughts.
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'The majority of promoted topics that I see in my Facebook feed are relevant to my interests, and they're worth clicking on more often.'
However, others are not sold that Facebook's methods are completely innocent.
Peter Eckersley, the chief computer scientist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, calls them 'the most invasive in the world.'
'Facebook's business model is to amass as much first-party and third-party data on you as possible, and slowly dole out access to it,' Eckersley said.
'If you're using Facebook, you're entrusting the company with records of everything you do. I think people have reason to be concerned about that.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Never used it. Or Twitter, or any of the others.
F_Book should pay people to use it.
They bribe the politicians big-time to try to keep that from being a legal requirement.
We will get there—they will be exposed and they will have to pay—hopefully with big-time jail and fines.
Same if you watch TV, listen to the radio, use public transportation, or read 90% of the for profit websites. That’s life.
Ditto.
Facebook/Twitter and other social media is why NSA has/is building that huge storage facility in Utah.
How did Zucker**** become a billionaire?
He has sold Facebook users’s profiles after data mining it to the highest bidders.
The thing that really irks me is that the data gleaned from my grocery store card is used to determine which products to discontinue. If I like it, the product disappears from the shelves.
This site is also Social Media.
These stories and responses always seem to overlook, ignore and/or deny the widespread use of browser extensions (and now adblockers for mobile devices).
Adblock, Ghostery, NoScript, Facebook Purity, the list is long and growing.
The reality is that social media sites can be used but with the user retaining as much control over site behavior as he likes. 98 points of data or 980 points - if the user never sees the so-called targeted ads it’s all for naught.
Facebook is Evil!
Their collected date, combined with what Google collects about you, really gives someone all they need to know about you.
A side note, a women told me she was talking on her cell phone to a friend about a product and when she got on facebook, that product was being bombarded on her screen...
Makes one go.... Hmmmmm..
And I am convinced that if the Facebook app is on your iPhone, it uses the mic to listen in — after having talks with friends, a mysteriously appropriate ad relating to our discussions will “magically” appear....
Glad I’m not on it.
“This site is also Social Media.”
If Jim was profiling and selling our profiles, he wouldn’t have to be running Freepathons to raise money.
Are you a Facebook user?
The same is true at the same or a slightly lesser degree when you use -- Google, Twitter, Instagram, Yahoo!, your Internet provider, your cell phone service provider, etc.
The App only has access to what you give it permission to see. Contacts etc...
I didn’t say he was. I am and so are most people on here I would guess including the owner.
Deleted ALL my photos, changed ALL my account & contact info, then deleted my account. They don’t make it easy, but you CAN leave the cult of FB with your life intact...
Companies like Facebook don't sell info to the highest bidder. They sell it to all (who meet their price).
I would like to believe it does!
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