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ooli @lemmy.world

1y ago

48,000 companies sent Facebook data on a single person

www.theverge.com This is how Facebook knows where you’ve been and what you bought

The data fueling Facebook ad targeting comes from other companies.

This is how Facebook knows where you’ve been and what you bought

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BrikoX @lemmy.zip

1y ago

48,000 companies sent Facebook data on a single person

www.theverge.com /2024/1/17/24041897/facebook-meta-targeted-advertising-data-mining-study-privacy

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haxor @derp.foo

1y ago

48,000 companies sent Facebook data on a single person

www.theverge.com /2024/1/17/24041897/facebook-meta-targeted-advertising-data-mining-study-privacy

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A good reminder that privacy may only exist now because the sheer volume of information is so large that it provides anonymity through overload.

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