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FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in 'Vast Surveillance' of Users

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨koncertejo@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://gizmodo.com/ftc-says-social-media-platforms-engage-in-vast-surveillance-of-users-2000500840

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  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    ITT: omg how other people don’t see what I, a very smart and superior person who browses technology communities, have known for years

    we should be celebrating that privacy issues are gaining more and more mainstream coverage.

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    • laverabe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No one cares about this stuff but techies/Lemmy. Regular people don’t care, like at all. They know tech companies do this stuff but if convenience>privacy, most people take the former every time to make life easier. Data privacy is not a tangeable thing in most people’s minds.

      There would have to be some sort of cataslismic event to wake people up enough for people to do anything meaningful. I don’t know what that would be, but I hope someone figures that out sooner rather than later.

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      • noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I don’t think some mass “waking up” event is going to occur, but every time another headline about it shows up, it gets more difficult to ignore or not care about it. and every time someone who’s on the fence about the issue will pay more attention to it, and perhaps use the offending platform less. baby steps.

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      • zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I read this and ask “What is your intention with this post?” What is gained if everyone is as jaded as you?

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      • sentientity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I don’t think this is true. Most people do care, in my anecdotal experience. I am not in tech circles. It is not a niche thing to be concerned about these days.

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    • antmzo220@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      ITT: omg how other people don’t see what I, a very smart and superior person who browses technology communities, have known for years

      Genuinely, who doesn’t know/suspect this? I don’t think it’s about superiority at all.

      I don’t know literally anyone who doesn’t know or atleast expect this, even normies have the concepts of NSA/Big Brother.

      Literally even my tech illiterate parents know/suspect that you aren’t private anywhere.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wow you’re so smarmt

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  • Prox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s literally the sales pitch to investors, and has been for decades.

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  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    We need you Lina Khan. We need you, but stronger, faster, better. Let’s fucking go.

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    • 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      People in this thread don’t seem to understand how anti big business the FTC has been since Lina Khan was appointed. These reports are meant to be used by congress to help guide real policy. It’s one thing to just assume social media is violating privacy, it’s another thing to have a facts-based report on exactly what is currently happening.

      Of course the FTC needs new laws to do any enforcement and there’s probably not enough anti corporation politicians to pass laws that give them real teeth on data privacy issues.

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  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, no shit!

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  • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In other news, the sky is blue.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Don’t forget their 1427 trusted data partners!

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    • masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Essential.

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    • loutr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But it’s their legitimate interest! ^Whatever ^that ^means

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  • harsh3466@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    FTC says water is wet.

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  • fubarx@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Image

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  • cjriebe@lemmy.riebe.cloud ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is why I’m slowly migrating to the Fediverse.

    Fuck social media companies.

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    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We’re watching you too.

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      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yep, all they gotta do is well, very little.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well, the Fediverse isn’t any more private, but at least it doesn’t care much about your data. That said, any company could come and harvest all of that data if it wanted since it’s open.

      The Fediverse isn’t the final step here.

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      • cjriebe@lemmy.riebe.cloud ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I understand that, but it’s more about the targeted advertisements, sponsored posts, etc. Just give me my goddamn content and leave me alone LOL

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  • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s fine to have casual knowledge of or a hunch about something, but far better to have research and analysis to prove it.

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  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah no shit.

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  • yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I like that someone in a position of authority is talking about this.

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  • Rob200@lemmy.autism.place ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They don’t say.

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  • powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    NO. REALLY?

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  • aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Kahn!

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  • jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So this is why I switched to the fediverse. But to be honest, I have no idea if someone does things like that here or not. All my posts are public to everyone and machine readable. The only thing which would prevent someone of survailing users on the fediverse is it's very small scale. It is probably just not worth the effort.

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  • linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Rule #1: anybody who can get you to give them your information of likes, dislikes just about anything will sell it to other people, or use it for their own sales to you.

    Rule #2: If anyone has any reason to make you accept terms and conditions and there’s any chance that they you may want to sue them in future, they’re going to slip in a binding arbitration clause unless it is legally difficult for them to do so.

    Wake up FTC it’s not just social media it’s deeply embedded everywhere in commerce and society and it needs to be addressed RFN.

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Gotta wonder why they’re saying this now? What’s the agenda?

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    • Mellow12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The new-ish Federal Trade Commission head has been making a push to work on quite a few projects for the past couple of years. They have a very small resources and man-power compared to the war chests of multibillion companies, but recently, somehow managed to bring charges against Google on monopoly charges. This in my opinion is a good thing. I consider myself a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. I don’t like how our government seems to take the money of these companies and turn a blind eye as they do what they want in pursuit of the almighty dollar. I support her endeavors working for the interests of the people and not those with the money.

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    • protist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Have you considered that the answers you seek may be in the article?

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    • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Lina Khan actually takes action against companies unlike many of her predecessors.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Getting as much done as they can before the election in case Trump wins, I think

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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Remember, when Western companies violate privacy that is okay.

    When non-Western companies do it, that’s bad.

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    • irreticent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I disagree. It’s bad when anyone does it.

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      • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I agree. I was being very sarcastic and didn’t put the traditional /s.

        The US freaked out over TikTok harvesting private data yet barely shrugs at how US companies are routinely harvest private data and sell it.

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  • marlowe221@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Allow me to reveal my age by saying… No, duh!!!

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    • protist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Eat my shorts

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      • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        NOT!!

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  • KellysNokia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In idiom meta for this scenario, most Lemmy users are what would be considered ‘the choir’

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  • dumbass@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Holy shit! For real?..

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  • m3t00@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    anti-Social ones. this all public btw.

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  • Laborer3652@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thats why the only social media I use is Lemmy and I delete my accounts regularly.

    Actually speaking of that, is time to delete this one too.

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  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And?

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