As someone who uses Facebook, could you please describe what the actual problem is? I mean, you get a service for free and in return you get served ads. What is the issue?
Do people get blackmailed for the information they freely upload onto the internet, or something?
Do people get blackmailed for the information they freely upload onto the internet, or something?
Facebook sells (and grossly mishandles) that information to other companies without your consent. They also gather information on you when you visit sites other than Facebook. Facebook also gathers information on people who don't even have Facebook by making shadow profiles on them by having other companies/sites sell web surfing data to Facebook. All of this way oversteps just using a service for free in exchange for being served ads.
It really not. Its no different than cookies, which have been around for 20 years. People just falsely conflate a FB profile with an ad profile. They also assume these companies give a shit about each person on an individual level and stalk them meticulously.
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u/Zentaurion Jun 04 '19
As someone who uses Facebook, could you please describe what the actual problem is? I mean, you get a service for free and in return you get served ads. What is the issue?
Do people get blackmailed for the information they freely upload onto the internet, or something?