this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
267 points (98.2% liked)

Technology

59373 readers
8166 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
enu@lemmy.world
267
Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable' (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

It's certainly possible. I do get ads that don't seem relevant for me pretty regularly. But this last time I'm referencing: one of the first ads I saw that night was for our discussion topic.

I'm not disagreeing with you, so I'll just mention it's safe to say: whether it is digital fingerprinting or mic listening, the surveillance level is absolutely off the charts.